TY - JOUR
T1 - Congenital lupus erythematosus
T2 - Case report and review of the literature
AU - Diociaiuti, Andrea
AU - Paone, Cristina
AU - Giraldi, Loredana
AU - Paradisi, Mauro
AU - El Hachem, Maya
PY - 2005/5
Y1 - 2005/5
N2 - Congenital presentation of neonatal lupus erythematous is very rare. We describe vfEan infant who had congenital neonatal lupus erythematosus with atrophic lesions on the face and scarring lesions on the trunk. All radiologic, virologic, and hematologic assays were normal. Skin biopsy specimen and immunofluorescence findings led us to suspect neonatal lupus, a diagnosis confirmed by positivity for anti-Sjörgen syndrome and antinuclear antibodies both in the child and her mother. In this infant, skin manifestations represented the stable and irreversible outcome of an inflammatory stage that occurred during pregnancy.
AB - Congenital presentation of neonatal lupus erythematous is very rare. We describe vfEan infant who had congenital neonatal lupus erythematosus with atrophic lesions on the face and scarring lesions on the trunk. All radiologic, virologic, and hematologic assays were normal. Skin biopsy specimen and immunofluorescence findings led us to suspect neonatal lupus, a diagnosis confirmed by positivity for anti-Sjörgen syndrome and antinuclear antibodies both in the child and her mother. In this infant, skin manifestations represented the stable and irreversible outcome of an inflammatory stage that occurred during pregnancy.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2005.22313.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2005.22313.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 15916574
AN - SCOPUS:19644394858
VL - 22
SP - 240
EP - 242
JO - Pediatric Dermatology
JF - Pediatric Dermatology
SN - 0736-8046
IS - 3
ER -