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6/18/2021 Neurological Manifestations of Rheumatic Diseases AMER AL-KHOUDARI, MD, FACR ARIZONA ARTHRITIS CLINIC, PLLC 1 Disclosure Pharmaceutical company speaker Novartis, Medexus, Horizona, Amgen 2 1
6/18/2021 Introduction Rheumatic diseases are a collection of chronic inflammatory conditions stemming from autoimmune attack on connective tissue. The systemic nature of these diseases can result in secondary neurologic symptoms. - direct result of immunologic attack - indirect degradation of supporting structures. - Neurotoxic effects of treatment can also cause complex neurologic symptoms. 3 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS 4 2
6/18/2021 Rheumatoid Arthritis -Spinal cord involvement > cerebral complications -Usually appear late in the course of the disease -Usually involve the peripheral nervous system. -Caused by- vasculopathy secondary to systemic inflammation or by -nerve entrapment secondary to musculoskeletal degradation characteristic -Many RA patients experience subclinical neuropathies. -The true incidence and emergence patterns of RA-associated neurologic complications may be unknown. 5 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus -SLE is associated with the highest incidence of neurologic sequelae among all rheumatic diseases. -25% and 70% of SLE patients will experience neurologic or psychological symptoms. -12% of sequelae established before a diagnosis of SLE and another -12% presenting with neuropsychiatric symptoms at the time of diagnosis. -Up to 50% of SLE patients will experience CNS complications. 6 3
6/18/2021 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus -A significant percentage of SLE patients develop distinct neuropsychiatric symptoms during the course of the disease. -17% to 30% will be diagnosed with neuropsychiatric SLE (NPSLE). -NPSLE patients generally do better than SLE patients with psychiatric symptoms not related to the disease, 7 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus -NPSLE patients have worse outcomes than SLE patients without NPSLE. -Recognition and treatment of this subset may be critical for disease prognosis. - Antiphospholipid syndrome and cerebrovascular disease in SLE patients contributes to morbidity and mortality in SLE. 8 4
6/18/2021 Sjogren Syndrome -Neurologic involvement in Sjogren syndrome range from 0% to 70%, -Prevalence is probably closer to 20%. -Peripheral nervous system (PNS) dysfunction in Sjogren syndrome includes Symmetric sensorimotor polyneuropathy Cranial neuropathy as common findings; -PNS involvement in primary Sjogren syndrome has an estimated prevalence of 20%. -CNS involvement in primary Sjogren syndrome is less frequent; 9 Sjogren Syndrome -1% to 8% of Sjogren syndrome patients show CNS dysfunction including mild cognitive deficits, headache, and spinal cord involvement in -The majority (63%) of Sjogren syndrome patients with CNS involvement will also have PNS abnormalities. -Central deficits precede the diagnosis of primary Sjogren syndrome in many cases. -Patients who have primary Sjogren syndrome with neurologic involvement are generally older than those without neurologic symptoms. 10 5
6/18/2021 NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATION CATEGORIES 11 Vasculitis -Vasculopathy is common in systemic autoimmune disease and contributes to many of the neurologic presentations in rheumatic disease. -Direct autoimmune-mediated destruction and chronic systemic inflammation contribute to vascular degradation. -Homogenous noninflammatory fibrointimal hyperplasia results in progressive vascuar occlusion collateral vessel formation and digital vessel infarction. -Polyarteritic lesions result in intravascular occlusion and thrombosis and carry a worse prognosis than noninflammatory lesions. 12 6
6/18/2021 Vasculitis -Histologically, polyarteritic lesions affect small- to medium-sized arteries, with all vascular layers undergoing mononuclear infiltration, nondestructive fibrinoid necrosis of the internal elastic lamina, and intimal proliferation. -Micro-vessel vasculitis in the vasa nervorum contributes to the peripheral neuropathies associated with rheumatic disease. 13 Vasculitis -RA -Systemic rheumatoid vasculitis is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Cerebral vasculitis may occur with or without systemic vasculitis and may be fatal unless promptly diagnosed and managed. -The major peripheral neurologic complications in RA (distal sensory neuropathy and mononeuritis multiplex) are directly caused by vascular degradation, and this implied vascular involvement carries great prognostic weight. -RA patients with vascular involvement have early-onset cardiovascular disease and are twice as likely to experience myocardial infarction -Vascular disease may account for one-third of all mortality in RA patients. 14 7
6/18/2021 Vasculitis- SLE -Vascular complications are observed in 10% to 40% of patients with SLE and can cause multiorgan pathology. -The immune complexes observed in SLE are known to activate endothelial cells and elicit a proinflammatory and proliferative response, contributing to the pathologic development of vasculitis. -Concurrent antiphospholipid syndrome in SLE patients may play a role in vascular complications as a result of the antiphospholipid syndrome prothrombotic effect, but this is difficult to discern from small vessel vasculopathy. 15 Vasculitis- SLE SLE patients have an increased risk of stroke, but increasing evidence suggests that CNS complications and myelopathies in lupus are rarely caused by vasculitis. Vasculopathy plays a larger role than simple vessel occlusion in the pathogenesis of peripheral neuropathies in SLE. 16 8
6/18/2021 Vasculitis- Sjogren syndrome -Primary Sjogren syndrome is rarely associated with vascular disease as an early manifestation -The true incidence is difficult to characterize as vasculopathy occurs in late-stage disease in the presence of multiple confounding risk factors. -Small vessel vasculitis and ischemia is implicated in small fiber neuropathy, multiple mononeuropathies, and autonomic neuropathy described in primary Sjogren syndrome. 17 Vasculitis- Sjogren syndrome -Subtle peripheral neuropathy may be present in 20% to 50% of Sjogren syndrome patients. -Axonal polyneuropathies are the most common and clinically present as distal ad symmetric. -Although rare, cerebral vasculitis is implicated in some of the diffuse encephalitic complications of Sjogren syndrome. 18 9
6/18/2021 Vasculitis- Behcets syndrome -Neurological involvement is classified into: -inflammation of CNS tissue or - vasculitis with a stroke-like presentation and sinus venous thrombosis which is less frequent. --The wide variety of neurological findings that occur are headaches, ocular and other cranial nerve palsies, seizures, cerebrovascular insufficiency, brainstem syndrome leading to cerebellar ataxia and pseudobulbar palsy. -Spinal cord disease, hemisphere lesions and meningoencephalitis also occur. 19 Stroke -Systemic inflammation increases atherogenesis and thrombotic risk through suppression of anticoagulation and fibrinolysis and increased procoagulant production. -Sjogren syndrome is associated with enhanced atherogenesis and carries an increased risk of ischemic stroke early in the disease course -RA and SLE have a much more defined role in risk of atherosclerosis, thrombosis, and subsequent stroke. -Both RA and SLE show a small but significantly increased risk of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke within a year of a hospitalization for rheumatic disease, and RA carries this elevated risk for up to 10 years. 20 10
6/18/2021 Stroke-RA -The moderate stroke risk in RA has a late evolution in the course of the disease compared with other cardiovascular complications that are early onset in these patients. -RA does not cause large-artery cerebrovascular disease, but systemic inflammation is well established as an accelerant of atherosclerosis in the RA population and probably plays a role in the increased risk of stroke over time; procoagulable factors may be upregulated in established RA, -possibly this late-stage increase in hypercoagulability may account for the slow evolution of increased stroke risk in RA patients. 21 Stroke-RA -posterior embolic stroke may result from direct occlusion of the vertebrobasilar circulation secondary to rheumatic degradation of the transverse ligament and subsequent atlantoaxial subluxation. -Vertebral artery compression due to cervical subluxation occurs in 5% of RA patients; the insidious destruction of the atlantoaxial joint over time also contributes to the late onset of RA stroke risk. 22 11
6/18/2021 Stroke-SLE -Cerebrovascular disease is one of the neuropsychiatric manifestations of SLE. -All neuropsychiatric syndromes in SLE patients have a strong negative impact on morbidity. -cerebrovascular disease and myelopathy are associated with increased risk of mortality. -3% to 15% of SLE patients will experience stroke at some point in the disease course. -Studies suggested increased risk of all types of stroke except subarachnoid hemorrhage. -the youngest SLE patients have the highest stroke risk 23 Encephalitis -The brain is protected from potentially destructive autoantibodies by the blood- brain barrier (BBB), -some patients with rheumatic diseases can develop significant breaches. -CNS injury in rheumatic disease is multifactorial and poorly understood at a pathophysiologic level, -serum and CSF antineuronal antibodies, prothrombotic factors, and chronic systemic inflammation are contributory. -TNF and IL1B increase cerebral inflammation and have receptors on the BBB, in conjunction with prostaglandins, may also play a role in increasing BBB permeability and leukocyte migrations through Rho-dependent pathways. 24 12
6/18/2021 Encephalitis-RA -Cerebral manifestations of RA are infrequent complications. -include rheumatoid nodulosis and vasculitis. -Nodules typically develop in the dura, meninges, or choroid plexus but have been reported in the brain parenchyma; -rheumatic nodules are often asymptomatic, -the true incidence and pattern of these lesions remains unknown. 25 Encephalitis-RA -Cerebral vasculitis in RA is rare and develops in the meninges, choroid plexus, and parenchyma. -Patients with established, seropositive, active RA and other extraarticular manifestations of the disease appear to be at higher risk of developing CNS complications. 26 13
6/18/2021 Encephalitis-SLE -CNS involvement is seen in about 50% of SLE cases and carries a worse prognosis than PNS disease. -The 5-year survival figure of patients with encephalitic SLE is 55%, compared with 75% to 90% of those with nonencephalitic SLE. -Neuropsychiatric complications are so pervasive in SLE that the American College of Rheumatology has developed definitions, reporting standards, and diagnostic recommendations for 19 neuropsychiatric syndromes associated with SLE. 27 Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus as Defined by the ACR Central Manifestations Acute confusional state Anxiety disorder Aseptic meningitis Cerebrovascular disease Cognitive disorder Demyelinating syndrome Headache Mood disorder Movement disorder Myelopathy Psychosis Seizure disorder 28 14
6/18/2021 Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus as Defined by the ACR Peripheral Manifestations Autonomic neuropathy Cranial neuropathy Guillain-Barre´ syndrome Mononeuropathy Myasthenia gravis Plexopathy Polyneuropathy 29 Encephalitis-SLE -mild cognitive deficits and headache 50% of SLE patients. -psychosis, seizure, and stroke (reported in approximately 10% of SLE patients. -Memory disturbance is the most common cognitive deficit and may herald the diagnosis of the disease -symptoms of NPSLE will develop within the first 6 to 12 months after initial SLE diagnosis, but onset may occur at any time, -It is important to rule out non-SLE-attributable causes of neuropsychiatric events and monitor for antiphospholipid syndrome comorbidity in order to properly diagnose and treat the patient with NPSLE. 30 15
6/18/2021 Encephalitis-SLE -Animal experiments have shown that the immune complexes characteristic of SLE increase the permeability of the BBB, creating antineuronal antibody access to the cerebral circulation. -Antiphospholipid antibodies, present in 2% to 5% of healthy individuals, but in 50% to 60% of SLE patients with CNS complications, and in 20% of SLE patients without central neurologic symptoms. -antiphospholipid antibodies are recognized for their contributions to a prothrombotic state, -they also have cross-reactivity with myelin and brain phospholipids, creating complex pathophysiologic mechanisms for neurologic injury beyond thrombotic infarction. 31 Encephalitis- Sjogren -most recent estimates put CNS involvement in primary Sjogren syndrome between 1% and 8%, although this may not capture mild or minor complications. -Sjogren syndrome-related CNS manifestations can occur very early in the disease course. -Focal encephalopathic manifestations such as seizure, aphasia, and movement disorders are more common than diffuse patterns of involvement such as subacute encephalopathy, aseptic meningitis, and psychiatric abnormalities. -Onset may be recurrent and must be distinguished from multiple sclerosis (MS). 32 16
6/18/2021 Myelopathy- RA -Myelopathies secondary to atlantoaxial subluxation are common in RA patients. -The extent of damage observed on imaging does not always correlate with the presence of clinical signs of spinal cord compression. -approximately 15% of RA patients with radiographic lesions are asymptomatic. -Atlantoaxial subluxation in RA patients may occur in isolation or in combination with cranial settling (vertical translocation of the dens). 33 Myelopathy- RA -Lower cervical spine involvement, including multilevel anterior dislocation, occurs in up to 29% of RA patients later in the disease course. -Cervical spine changes start early in the course of RA, and these abnormalities typically progress from C1-C2 dislocation to cranial settling to lower cervical spine involvement. -Severity of RA (indicated by seropositivity, high C-reactive protein at disease onset, and polyarthritis) is predictive of the extent of progression of cervical spine involvement. -Acquired cervical syringomyelia has also been described secondary to atlantoaxial subluxation in RA. 34 17
6/18/2021 Myelopathy- SLE/Sjogren -Inflammatory myelopathy, sometimes in the form of a catastrophic, longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis, may occur in patients with rheumatologic disease, particularly SLE and primary Sjogren syndrome. -neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is commonly associated with systemic autoimmune diseases, and this association is increasingly accepted as NMO that is concomitant with systemic autoimmune disease. -lymphocytic infiltration of spinal roots and dorsal root ganglion degeneration is particularly associated with Sjogren syndrome and presents as a progressive sensory ganglionopathy 35 Other Diseases-Sarcoidosis -In the CNS sarcoid, granulomas most often involve the meninges. -The commonest findings are cranial nerve involvement, CNS parenchymal disease and demyelination. -Rarely, features such as aseptic meningitis and peripheral neuropathy are found. - CNS granulomas, symptomatic or asymptomatic, can be seen on T2-weighted MRI or contrast-enhanced CT. -MRI and PET are being used to identify otherwise occult sites of inflammation that may be amenable to biopsy. -Lumbar puncture is usually performed in cases of suspected neuro-sarcoid, although CSF findings are non-specific. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) levels may be increased, decreased or normal in the CSF. 36 18
6/18/2021 Other Diseases-Ankylosing Spondylitis -The main neurological complications in ankylosing spondylitis occur due to axial disease with spinal cord impingement at multiple levels. -Surgical procedures in patients with atlanto-occipital disease, atlantoaxial subluxation and spinal stenosis have been performed for pain and neurological deficit. -surgery is not without risk of permanent neurological damage. Suitable patients must therefore be identified and counselled carefully. 37 DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS -Early manifestations of rheumatic vasculitis may present as scleroderma, including fibrosis of the skin, sclerodactyly, and Raynaud phenomenon. -The presence of these symptoms in the context of neurologic abnormalities increases the likelihood of neurovascular pathology -Transesophageal echocardiology and carotid ultrasound in combination with serologic analysis of a prothrombotic state may be indicated, especially in light of cerebrovascular or vasculopathic history. -Neither MRI nor CT can distinguish small vessel vasculitis from thrombosis; -positron emission tomography (PET) imaging can detect these metabolic and perfusion abnormalities but is still considered investigational. 38 19
6/18/2021 DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS -For suspected vasculopathy, conventional arteriograms are superior to magnetic resonance or CT angiography. -Isotype (eg, immunoglobulins M, G, and A) and titer of lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin, and anti B2- glycoprotein I are recommended and can be diagnostic for comorbid antiphospholipid syndrome. -Peripheral neuropathy is often associated with vasculitis. -autonomic dysfunction may also involve antiacetylcholine receptor antibodies at the autonomic ganglia -Sjogren syndrome was the only connective tissue disorder with detectable antineuronal antibodies. 39 DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS -The American College of Rheumatology has outlined basic laboratory matrices and imaging guidelines to aid in differentiation of neuropsychiatric SLE symptoms and disease activity from other neurologic diseases. -CNS-SLE syndrome and CNS-Sjogren syndrome with recurrent symptoms, antineuronal antibody titers, and small multifocal white matter abnormalities on MRI can resemble MS, and differentiation remains challenging. -Stroke, TIA, seizure, headache, and isolated peripheral neuropathy are not common in MS, as they are in SLE and Sjogren syndrome. -MS will typically show oligoclonal banding on CSF evaluation, but this can also be observed in SLE 40 20
6/18/2021 DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS -MRI is the preferred imaging modality for investigating encephalopathic rheumatic involvement, -CT when MRI contraindications or in cases of suspected acute hemorrhage. -MRI with gadolinium is the most sensitive method of evaluating CNS lesion presence, extent, and progression. -Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), PET, and diffusion and perfusion MRI are investigational in this context. -MRI abnormalities in SLE are typically subcortical and static, as opposed to the dynamic periventricular, cortical, basal ganglia, and corpus callosum lesions in MS 41 DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS -Encephalopathic involvement in primary Sjogren syndrome is associated with MRI abnormalities approximately 50% . - lesions described as small, diffuse punctate white matter hyperintensities in subcortical and periventricular regions on T2-weighted and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequence. -diffuse encephalopathic involvement in primary Sjogren syndrome presenting as memory impairment, cognitive dysfunction, and psychiatric problems is not associated with MRI changes or CSF abnormalities, but angiographic and technetium-99m (99mTc)YSPECT changes have been described. 42 21
6/18/2021 DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS -Inflammatory and possible demyelinating lesions are rare in Sjogren syndrome and tend to appear in younger patients without hypertension. -Patients with possible CNS-Sjogren syndrome should also undergo serologic evaluation for Sjogren antibodies with anti-Ro (Sjogren syndrome A [SSA]) and anti-La (Sjogren syndrome B [SSB]) titers. -Evaluation of the CSF is of particular importance in diagnosing primary Sjogren syndrome neurologic complications and distinguishing between Sjogren syndrome and MS. 43 DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS -Disease activity in Sjogren syndrome is correlated with increased immunoglobulin G index in many patients. -CSF oligoclonal banding may be helpful, as banding occurs at a much lower frequency in patients with primary Sjogren syndrome (20% to 25% of primary Sjogren syndrome versus 90% of MS patients. 44 22
6/18/2021 DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS -NPSLE remains challenging to diagnose due to the high frequency of many of the 19 defined neuropsychiatric entities within the general population, and the lack of specific diagnostic criteria for SLE-associated neuropsychiatric events. -Emergence of neurologic sequelae in SLE may be associated with inflammatory flare. -diagnostic workup should begin with detection of serologic and CSF acute-phase markers of inflammation of disease activity; elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and decreased complement are associated with disease flare 45 DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS -antiribosomal P protein antibodies is considered investigational but is highly specific for SLE and is informative in the presence of neuropsychiatric symptoms without an SLE diagnosis. -Basic CSF Gram stain and culture can evaluate bacterial cause or comorbidity with neuropsychiatric symptoms, and neurosyphilis should be excluded. -EEG changes in NPSLE are nonspecific. -EEG monitoring is indicated in seizure and encephalopathic presentations. 46 23
6/18/2021 DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS -Myelitis is best diagnosed on MRI, -MRI helps excluding compressive hematoma, tumors, and spinal deformities. -Hyperintensity on T2-weighted imaging in combination with elevated CSF protein and cell count is consistent with myelitis, -extensive CSF workup is essential to exclude an infectious cause before therapeutic immunosuppression therapy can safely begin It is of note that the high concurrence of antiphospholipid antibodies in rheumatic disease can cause a false positive result for CSF oligoclonal banding. 47 DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS -Spinal imaging can direct the differential against MS, -spinal lesions spanning multiple segments are rare in MS but would be consistent with the longitudinally extensive myelitis of an NMO-spectrum disorder in patients with systemic autoimmune disease. -In patients with rheumatologic disease who have possible NMO, workup should proceed as in any patient with this neurologic syndrome (eg, assessment for aquaporin-4 antibodies). -RA suggests that clinicians order imaging studies early in the course of RA and in cases of rapid disease progression. -Radiographs in maximum flexion and extension or dynamic MRI can reveal the extent of dislocation that neutral films may miss. 48 24
6/18/2021 Treatment -The treatment involves both controlling the underlying immune attack on the nervous system and the treatment of the specific neurologic symptoms caused by the immune attack, such as seizures and neuropathic pain. -Neurologists are often consulted for the treatment of symptoms, -neurologists may be less comfortable with the use of immunosuppressive treatment. -Nontargeted therapy and targeted therapy can sometimes be used together. -Treating the underlying rheumatic disease is crucial -Understanding the side effects of both therapy Is important as some may have neurological complications (TNFi.) 49 Treatment : Nontargeted Immune Therapy Drug Mechanism Route Use Glucocorticoid Multiple IV, oral, IM Acute therapy Methotrexate Folate inhibition Oral, IV, subcutaneous Steroid sparing Azathioprine Inhibits purine synthesis Oral Steroid sparing Mycophenolate mofetil nhibits DNA/ribonucleic Oral Steroid sparing acid synthesis in leukocytes Cyclophosphamide Alkylating agent Oral, IV Acute therapy in severe disease Cyclosporine T-cell inhibition Oral Short-term treatment 50 25
6/18/2021 Treatment: Targeted Immune therapy Drug Mechanism Route Use TNFi Tumor necrosis factor-! Subcutaneous except IV Rheumatoid arthritis, blocker infliximab psoriatic arthritis Rituximab Anti-CD20 IV Rheumatoid arthritis Belimumab Antibody to B-cell IV,SC Systemic lupus stimulator erythematosus Abatacept T-cell costimulation IV,SC RA, PsA molecule Tocilizumab Anti IL6 IV,SC Rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. GCA Ustekinumab Anti IL 12/23 SC PsA 51 Anti-rheumatic drugs associated with neurological side-effects Drug Side Effects Allopurinol Paraesthesia, neuropathy Antimalarials Retinal damage, ototoxicity, psychosis, myopathy Colchicine Peripheral neuritis, myopathy Corticosteroids Proximal myopathy, psychosis, euphoria, depression Cyclosporin Myopathy, myalgia, muscle weakness, leukoencephalopathy Cytokine inhibitors Demyelinating disorders with etanercept and infliximab; seizures and drowsiness with infliximab; drowsiness, dizziness, paraesthesia and neuralgia with adalimumab; persistent multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) with nataluzimab Dapsone Headaches, psychosis 52 26
6/18/2021 Anti-rheumatic drugs associated with neurological side-effects Drug Side Effects Gold salts Peripheral neuritis Leflunomide Headache, dizziness, asthaenia, paraesthesia Methotrexate Dizziness, drowsiness, malaise, headache, mood changes, abnormal cranial sensations MMF Insomnia, headache, tremor NSAIDs Headache, dizziness, depression, tinnitus, aseptic meningitis Sulfasalazine Ataxia, aseptic meningitis, vertigo, tinnitus, insomnia, depression, hallucinations Tacrolimus Headache, insomnia, paraesthesia, confusion, depression, dizziness, convulsions, incoordination, encephalopathy, psychosis 53 Questions? 54 27
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