Res Vestib Sci.
2009 Jun;8(1):70-73.
A Case of Sjogren's Syndrome Presented with Vertigo as a Initial Manifestation
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea. sungkb@schbc.ac.kr
Abstract
- Sjogren's syndrome (SS) can shows various neurologic symptoms as it involves the central, peripheral and autonomic nervous system. However, CNS involvement as a initial manifestation is rare. We report a 21-year old woman who presented with vertigo, gait ataxia, and hiccup lasted about one month due to a discrete dosal medullary lesion in primary SS. The symptoms and lesions improved by the intravenous methylprednisolone therapy