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Two patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, who had striking angiographic abnormalities of venous contour, are presented. Both cases also had communicating hydrocephalus. Postmortem examination of one patient led to a histological explanation of the venous changes observed radiologically. Previous radiological reports have shown involvement of arteries but not veins with lupus erythematosus. The angiographic signs of phlebitis may signifity a meningeal reaction which, when combined with ventricular enlargement, should suggest communicating hydrocephalus.
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Spported in part by National Institutes of Health grant number HL 06013, Cardiovascular Training Program
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Kitching, G.B., Thompson, J.R., Hasso, A.N. et al. Angiographic demonstration of lupus cerebral phlebitis with communicating hydrocephalus. Neuroradiology 14, 59–63 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00339960
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