RECURRENCE OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS IN A HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT PRESENTING AS A UNILATERAL ABDUCENS NERVE PALSY

Authors
FRIEDMAN AS FOLKERT V KHAN GA
Citation
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
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Clinical nephrology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03010430
Volume
44
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
338 - 339
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0430(1995)44:5<338:ROSLIA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
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.