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Cerebral perivenous calcification in neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus: a case report

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We present a case of neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus with granular calcification in the basal ganglia and cerebral white matter on CT. Histopathologically, these were identified as perivenous necrotising lesions, with loss of axons and myelin sheaths and prominent dystrophic calcification.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, 5-53 Fudegasaki-cho, Tennouji-ku, Osaka, 543, Japan; Tel.: + 81-6-7 71-51 31, Fax: + 81-6-7 74-32 39, , , , , , JP

    R. Matsumoto, S. Suzuki & T. Kato

  2. Department of Pathology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, 5-53 Fudegasaki-cho, Tennouji-ku, Osaka, 543, Japan, , , , , , JP

    M. Shintaku

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Received: 19 January 1998 Accepted: 19 January 1998

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Matsumoto, R., Shintaku, M., Suzuki, S. et al. Cerebral perivenous calcification in neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus: a case report. Neuroradiology 40, 583–586 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050649

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