A 6 day old infant had neonatal lupus erythematosus manifested by rash, haemolytic anaemia, and hepatosplenomegaly. His mother was asymptomatic until eight months of pregnancy. Between 7 and 10 weeks he had recurrent seizures with hypocalcaemia. Other causes of convulsions were excluded. By 14 weeks various abnormalities had largely disappeared.

Background: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is a kind of multi-system autoimmune disorder with unknown aetiology and it produces antibodies against various tissues. Case Presentation:The patient wasa 44-year-old woman with a history of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus for approximately five years, along with underlying diseases including peptic ulcers, asthma, h...

CLE: cutaneous lupus erythematosus HZ: herpes zoster SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus TLE: tumid lupus erythematosus VZV: varicella zoster virus INTRODUCTION Topical corticosteroids are commonly used in the treatment of a wide range of skin manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Patients with SLE are also known to have an increased risk of herpes zoster (HZ). Here we present a r...

conclusions thyroid dysfunction was not higher in sle patients compared to healthy individuals. however, anti-tg antibodies were higher in sle patients. it has not yet been established that thyroid function tests should be performed routinely in sle patients. results the mean age of sle patients and controls were 32.16 ± 9.19 and 32.48 ± 9.47 years, respectively (p = 0.821). patients had signif...

background: few investigations have focused on the patients with lupus nephritis (ln) and neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (npsle). this study was aimed to investigate the clinical features, mortality, and the predictors for mortality of this group of patients. patients and methods: medical records were retrospectively reviewed in sun yat-sen memorial hospital from 1996 to 2012. da...

CC: calcinosis cutis DLE: discoid lupus erythematosus SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus INTRODUCTION Calcinosis cutis (CC) is a rare disorder known to occur commonly in association with underlying autoimmune connective tissue diseases. CC primarily occurs in patients with dermatomyositis, systemic scleroderma, and mixed connective tissue disease. It is only rarely associated with systemic lupus...