Table 2.
Radiological abnormalities in NPSLE and SLE patients.
Subject | Group | Atrophy | Subcortical White Matter | Periventricular White Matter | Deep White Matter | Old Infarct | Recent Infarct |
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1 | NPSLE | Yes | Yes | R Frontal | |||
2 | NPSLE | Yes | Yes | ||||
3 | NPSLE | General | Yes | L Temporal/ Occipital |
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4 | NPSLE | ||||||
5 | NPSLE | ||||||
6 | NPSLE | ||||||
7 | NPSLE | General | Yes | Yes | R Frontal | ||
8 | NPSLE | ||||||
9 | NPSLE | General | General | Yes | R Frontal; Cerebellum | ||
10 | NPSLE | Yes | |||||
11 | NPSLE | General | Yes | ||||
12 | NPSLE | ||||||
13 | NPSLE | ||||||
14 | NPSLE | R/L frontal/ parietal |
Yes | Yes | |||
15 | NPSLE | R/L frontal | Yes | Thalamus | |||
16 | NPSLE | ||||||
17 | NPSLE | Yes | Yes | R Occipital | R Occipital | ||
18 | SLE | R frontal | Yes | Yes | |||
19 | SLE | ||||||
20 | SLE | R frontal | |||||
21 | SLE | R/L frontal; L parietal |
Yes | ||||
22 | SLE | R/L frontal | |||||
23 | SLE | ||||||
24 | SLE | R/L frontal; L parietal |
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25 | SLE | R/L frontal | Yes | ||||
26 | SLE | ||||||
27 | SLE | ||||||
28 | SLE | R frontal | |||||
29 | SLE | R/L frontal; R/L parietal | |||||
30 | SLE | ||||||
31 | SLE | L frontal | |||||
32 | SLE | R/L frontal | Yes | Yes | |||
33 | SLE |
Radiological findings for patients diagnosed with NPSLE and SLE. Three NPSLE patients had cortical atrophy. Four NPSLE and ten SLE patients had subcortical white matter lesions. Ten NPSLE and four SLE patients had periventricular white matter lesions. Five NPSLE and two SLE patients had deep white matter lesions. Six NPSLE patient had old infarcts. One NPSLE patient had recent infarct. NPSLE did not differ significantly from SLE patients on radiological reads except for old infarcts (Fisher's exact = .0184).
R = Right Hemisphere; L = Left Hemisphere; R/L = Right and Left Hemisphere