A case report of ds DNA negative with ANA positive SLE induced neuropsychosis diagnosis dilemma

Author(s):

Namita A Soni, Umesh R Malu*, Ganesh B Sonvane, Sagar Jaiswal, Pankaj Patil and Abdulla Ibji

When a young female with no past or family history of mental illness presents with psychotic features, unprovoked panic and limbic symptoms always ask for minor or transient symptoms and signs referable to the other systems which might give valuable clues like of diagnosis like SLE induced psychosis ,For diagnosis of SLE ds DNA is used most of time but many times ANA alone can be used for diagnosis of SLE if patient clinically suggestive SLE signs and symptoms and early diagnosis of SLE psychosis can improve the patient outcome.