Diffusion tensor imaging in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus

BMC Neurology

Table 2 Radiological abnormalities in NPSLE and SLE patients.

Subject	Group	Atrophy	Subcortical White Matter	Periventricular White Matter	Deep White Matter	Old Infarct	Recent Infarct
1	NPSLE			Yes	Yes	R Frontal
2	NPSLE			Yes	Yes
3	NPSLE		General	Yes		L Temporal/ Occipital
4	NPSLE
5	NPSLE
6	NPSLE
7	NPSLE	General		Yes	Yes	R Frontal
8	NPSLE
9	NPSLE	General	General	Yes		R Frontal; Cerebellum
10	NPSLE			Yes
11	NPSLE	General		Yes
12	NPSLE
13	NPSLE
14	NPSLE		R/L frontal/ parietal	Yes	Yes
15	NPSLE		R/L frontal	Yes		Thalamus
16	NPSLE
17	NPSLE			Yes	Yes	R Occipital	R Occipital
18	SLE		R frontal	Yes	Yes
19	SLE
20	SLE		R frontal
21	SLE		R/L frontal; L parietal	Yes
22	SLE		R/L frontal
23	SLE
24	SLE		R/L frontal; L parietal
25	SLE		R/L frontal	Yes
26	SLE
27	SLE
28	SLE		R frontal
29	SLE		R/L frontal; R/L parietal
30	SLE
31	SLE		L frontal
32	SLE		R/L frontal	Yes	Yes
33	SLE

Radiological findings for patients diagnosed with NPSLE and SLE. Three NPSLE patients had cortical atrophy. Four NPSLE and ten SLE patients had subcortical white matter lesions. Ten NPSLE and four SLE patients had periventricular white matter lesions. Five NPSLE and two SLE patients had deep white matter lesions. Six NPSLE patient had old infarcts. One NPSLE patient had recent infarct. NPSLE did not differ significantly from SLE patients on radiological reads except for old infarcts (Fisher's exact = .0184).
R = Right Hemisphere; L = Left Hemisphere; R/L = Right and Left Hemisphere

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