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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 3.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Oct 31;40(1):32–52. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2009.08.005

Figure 8. NPSLE with Epilepsy and Sudden Death.

Figure 8

Figure 8A (Subject 7). T2-weighted MRI demonstrates moderate cerebral atrophy and ventricular dilation with multiple small focal white matter lesions in frontoparietal lobes (arrowheads). Figure 8B (Subject 7) shows diffuse generalized deep white matter abnormalities with increased signal (arrowheads). Figure 8C (Subject 7). Sections through white and gray matter demonstrate minimal changes with occasional vague reductions in neuron and axon numbers in a patchy distribution (arrowheads;LFB/PAS stain, Magnification X 100).