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Psychotic disorder in the course of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with subcortical calcifications- case report.
 
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Katedra i Klinika Neurologii Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
 
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Zakład Zaburzeń Afektywnych Katedry Psychiatrii Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
 
 
Submission date: 2013-12-05
 
 
Final revision date: 2014-01-08
 
 
Acceptance date: 2014-01-08
 
 
Publication date: 2014-04-20
 
 
Corresponding author
Monika Rudzińska   

Katedra i Klinika Neurologii Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Polska
 
 
Psychiatr Pol 2014;48(2):299-306
 
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Objectives:
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is autoimmunological disease of connective tissue which is characterized with clinical symptoms of many systems and organs injury. There are neuropsychiatric symptoms often. Psychotic disorder is the least frequent syndrome. Neuropsychiatric symptoms are important because they deteriorate the quality of life and are poor prognostic factor.The aim of the study is to present the patient with chronic, lasting for many years, skin lesions and laboratory tests results characteristic for SLE, who had psychotic disorder diagnosed as schizophrenia and in the next few years there were observed other neuropsychiatric symptoms including cognitive impairment and mood disorder.

Methods:
Case study.

Results:
Psychotic disorder is rare syndrome of neuropsychiatric SLE (NPSLE). They may primarily originate from SLE or be secondary either to the therapy or the complications of the disease. It is not possible to define if the psychosis is the primary schizophrenic process or secondary to the autoimmune disease in presented patient.

Conclusions:
However the clinical picture pays attention to the significance of careful diagnostic process, including neuroimaging. In head CT of presented patient there were revealed massive, bilateral, calcifications of subcortical structures which probably substantially enhanced neuropsychiatric symptoms.

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