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VACHVANICHSANONG, MD; PORNSAK DISSANEEWATE, MD; PUNNEE VASIKANANONT, MD
Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Prince of Songkla University Songkla, Thailand 90112

Am J Dis Child. 1992;146(12):1417-1419.

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Sir.—Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an episodic, multisystem disease of unknown origin characterized by widespread chronic inflammatory involvement of the connective tissue. Often there is prominent vasculitis of the small blood vessels.^1,2 In the first two decades of life central nervous system involvement in SLE has been reported to range from 9% to 45%.² Pseudotumor cerebri is a form of central nervous system involvement that is quite rare. We present herein the first report, to our knowledge, of a boy with pseudotumor cerebri as an initial manifestation of SLE.

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