Cerebral Vasculitis
Cerebral vasculitis is a serious but uncommon condition which presents considerable difficulties in recognition, diagnosis and treatment. Cerebral vasculitis in SLE is rare and its incidence in postmortem studies does not reach 10%. 1- 3 Various pathological mechanisms like ischaemic and haemorrhagic events, white matter abnormalities due to aPLs, accelerated atherosclerosis, small vessel vasculopathy, and thromboembolic processes can all play a part. Cerebritis, defined as focal inflammation of the brain parenchyma and spinal cord, can be an idiopathic disorder or can be secondary to toxins, infections, neoplasms or part of a systemic autoimmune disease.
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