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© 1994 British Society for Rheumatology

case-report

SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS PRESENTING AS PSEUDOCYESIS

I. HERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ*, M. J. MORENO{dagger}, L. E. MORANO{ddagger} and J. L. BENAVENTE§

*Department of Rheumatology, Hospital do Meixoeiro de Vigo Pontevedra, Spain
{dagger}Department of Neurology, Hospital do Meixoeiro de Vigo Pontevedra, Spain
{ddagger}Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital do Meixoeiro de Vigo Pontevedra, Spain
§Department of Psychiatry, Hospital do Meixoeiro de Vigo Pontevedra, Spain

A patient with SLE whose initial manifestation was with a rare delirious disorder manifested as pseudocyesis is described. The psychiatric manifestations were considered to be due to SLE and treated with pulse steroid therapy. Special attention is focused on treatment and MRI.

KEY WORDS: Systemic lupus erythematosus, Pseudocyesis, Neuropsychiatric lupus, Central nervous system


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