Abstract

PILLAJO LLANGA, Jessica Sabrina; PILLAJO LLANGA, Danny Miguel  and  MOYANO PAZ Y NINO, Carla Elizabeth. Neurological manifestations in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. Rev Cuba Reumatol [online]. 2022, vol.24, n.4  Epub Dec 01, 2022. ISSN 1817-5996.

Systemic lupus erythematosus is a systemic inflammatory disease whose inflammatory process generates a significant number of articular and extra-articular clinical manifestations. Within the extra-articular manifestations, neurological involvement stands out, among others, the commitment can be both at the level of the central or peripheral nervous system. The objective of the present investigation is to present the case of a 56-year-old patient, diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus of 18 years of evolution and who has presented chronic symptoms of headache, peripheral neuropathy and myasthenia gravis as neurological manifestations of the illness. The report of this case is considered important to publicize the importance of neurological manifestations as part of the extra-articular manifestations of this disease; this type of condition is decisive in the course of the disease and in the quality of life of patients.

Keywords : headache; rheumatic disease; systemic lupus erythematosus; neurological manifestation; myasthenia gravis.

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