TY - JOUR T1 - Neuropsychiatric Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Child: A Case Report TT - تظاهرات عصبی ـ روانی لوپوس اریتماتوی سیستمیک در یک کودک JF - RJMS JO - RJMS VL - 13 IS - 52 UR - http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-619-en.html Y1 - 2006 SP - 101 EP - 106 KW - Key Words: 1) Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 2) Focal Seizure 3) Discoid Rash N2 -     The patient was a nine-year-old girl with prolonged focal seizure admitted to the pediatric ward of Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital. The child seemed to be depressed, and in physical examination the only abnormal finding was pink discoid rashes on the cheeks. Brain Ct-Scan performed at the emergency department yielded no specific findings. In order to investigate the precise cause of focal seizure, brain MRI was performed showing widespread areas of increased signal intensity in T1-weighted and decreased signal intensity in T2-weighted images in paritotemporal and frontal area. Specific laboratory tests for lupus erythematosus was positive. M3 ER -