A patient with systemic lupus erythematosus having lupus anticoagulant, abnormality of EEG and repetitive syncope attack, who was suffered from brain infarction

Abstract

We described a case of lupus anticoagulant positive SLE who showed abnormality of EEG, three times syncope attacks and the brain infarction.
A 42-year-old female was diagnosed as SLE in 1981 and has been received administration of prednisolone for 8 years. Because she had syncope attacks three times since November 1988, she was admitted to our hospital on May, 1989. Lupus anticoagulant as well as anti-cardiolipin antibodies was positive. EEG findings suggested a partial seizure attack.
Following pneumonia, she was suffered from brain infarction on October 17, 1989. In this case, it is suggested that lupus anticoagulant may relate to syncope attacks, EEG abnormality and brain infarction.