Corticobasal Syndrome Associated with Antiphospholipid Syndrome Secondary to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. (7th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hashimoto, Ritsuo; Ogawa, Tomoko; Tagawa, Asako; Kato, Hiroyuki
• Other Names: Banerjee Tapas Kumar Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in neurological medicine. Volume 2018(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-05-07
• Subjects: Neurology -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Neurology; Nervous System Diseases; Nervous system -- Diseases; Neurology; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Periodicals; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1155/2018/5872638
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-6676

Abstract

Abstract : We report the case of a 53-year-old woman diagnosed with corticobasal syndrome (CBS) due to antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus. Brain MRI showed marked cortical atrophy, several small infarctions in the deep white matter, and mild white matter changes, all of which were probably due to thrombosis manifestations of APS and could also be related to the CBS. To the best of our knowledge, this is the fourth reported case of CBS due to APS. It is noteworthy that although the common underlying pathologies of the CBS are neurodegenerative diseases, either primary or secondary APS can manifest itself as the CBS.