J Korean Rheum Assoc.
2004 Dec;11(4):442-446.
Seizure Attacks in a Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis Patients
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- 1Departments of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. leb7616@snu.ac.kr
- 2Departments of Neurology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Systemic sclerosis is a rare, autoimmune, connective tissue disorder which involves skin and other internal organs. However, central nervous system involvement including seizure, is a very rare event. This 29-year-old woman experienced repeated episodes of typical generalized tonic clonic seizure. T2 weighted and flare images of magnetic resonance image showed a mass-like high signal intensity lesion in the left temporal lobe. Atypical spikes and waves were present in a eclectroencephalogram. Her seizure episodes were controlled with anticonvulsants, corticosteroids and immunosuppresants. We report a rare case of systemic sclerosis which showed central nervous system involvement.
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