Systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report with unusual manifestations and favourable outcome after plasmapheresis.
We report a case of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a 15-year-old girl with severe neurological disease, platelet function disorder and pulmonary haemorrhage, which remitted after plasmapheresis. The patient developed protein-losing enteropathy shrinking lung, and acute pancreatitis with pseudocyst formation. These infrequent complication of SLE are discussed.
Garcia-Consuegra
J
J
Unit of Paediatric Rheumatology, La Paz Children's Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Merino
R
R
Alonso
A
A
Goded
F
F
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000150:complications