Obstructive hydrocephalus in a patient with SLE

Authors

  • Lutfun Nahar Nizhu Specialist, ICU, Square Hospitals Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Ahmad Mursel Anam Specialist, ICU, Square Hospitals Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Shihan Mahmud Redwanul Huq Specialist, ICU, Square Hospitals Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Raihan Rabbani Certified-American Board of Internal Medicine, Consultant, Internal Medicine & Critical Care, Square hospitals Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjm.v31i1.44751

Keywords:

Hydrocephalous; systemic lupus erythematous; stroke; pathogenesis

Abstract

Hydrocephalous is a rare manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus. Cerebral venous thrombosis, immune complex deposition within the arachnoid villi or direct post-inflammatory lesions of the central nervous system are possible causes of developing acute hydrochephalus. We report a case of acute non-communicating hydrocephalus secondary to stenosis of the aqueduct of Sylvius. The condition developed rapidly in a 22-year-old woman with previously diagnosed SLE.

Bangladesh J Medicine Jan 2020; 31(1) : 33-36

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Published

2019-12-30

How to Cite

Nizhu, L. N., Anam, A. M., Huq, S. M. R., & Rabbani, R. (2019). Obstructive hydrocephalus in a patient with SLE. Bangladesh Journal of Medicine, 31(1), 33–36. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjm.v31i1.44751

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 1 (2020)

Section

Case Reports