As. Friedman et al., RECURRENCE OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS IN A HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT PRESENTING AS A UNILATERAL ABDUCENS NERVE PALSY, Clinical nephrology, 44(5), 1995, pp. 338-339
A 45-year-old hemodialysis patient presenting with recurrence of SLE w
hich manifested predominantly as a unilateral left abducens (VIth) ner
ve palsy is described, The signs and symptoms of the cranial nerve pal
sy resolved within two weeks of initiating corticosteroid therapy. Thi
s is the first reported case of an abducens nerve palsy occurring in a
maintenance hemodialysis patient associated with recurrence of SLE.