Cerebral large vessel vasculitis in systemic lupus erythematosus.

We report the case of a female patient with the diagnosis of SLE. She presented with stroke-like symptoms, headache and vertigo, and palpable purpura on her legs. Further investigations revealed that she suffered from both vasculitis of the cerebral large vessels and coexisting cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis. PMID: 24969082 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Lupus - June 26, 2014 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Böckle B, Jara D, Aichhorn K, Junker D, Berger T, Ratzinger G, Sepp N Tags: Lupus Source Type: research