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Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus inducing unilateral sensorimotor neuropathy

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We describe the case of a 32-year-old male with previous history of subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (SCLE) who presented with arthritis followed by a unilateral lower-limb sensorimotor impairment, without biochemical or immunological marker abnormalities. Our patient currently satisfies only three of the systemic lupus international collaborating clinics criteria. Management of such patients is challenging due to lack of examples in the literature, with this case being the first described where a seronegative patient with SCLE demonstrated neurological involvement. A brief review of the available literature is included.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank our patient for his consent to publish his case and the related pictures. The authors would also like to thank Dr Maria Hatzikosti (NGH Radiology Department) for her guidance and Prof Boumpas Dimitrios (University of Athens) for his guidance and review of this manuscript.

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  1. Rheumatology Department, Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Savvas Psarelis

  2. Medical School, St George’s University of London at the University of Nicosia, 93, Agiou Nicolaou Street, Engomi, 2408, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Savvas Psarelis & Fanourios Georgiades

  3. St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

    Fanourios Georgiades

  4. Department of Internal Medicine, Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Antreas Ioannou, Eleni Xenophontos & Eleni Papanicolaou

  5. Department of Histopathology, Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Georgios Georgiou

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Psarelis, S., Georgiades, F., Ioannou, A. et al. Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus inducing unilateral sensorimotor neuropathy. Rheumatol Int 37, 831–835 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-016-3611-3

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