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. 2010 Jul 28;10:65. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-10-65

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
1 NPSLE Yes Yes R Frontal

2 NPSLE Yes Yes

3 NPSLE General Yes L Temporal/
Occipital

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

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

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