Intracranial Hypertension in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Abstract

The association of SLE and IH may occur more than by chance alone. Steroid withdrawal in the treatment of the SLE may be a predisposing or precipitating factor in the development of IH in these patients rather than the inflammatory effects of SLE per se. The hypercoagulable state in some patients with SLE may also produce cerebral venous sinus thrombosis as an additional potential mechanism of IH.