Active idiopathic systemic lupus erythematosus in a 90-year-old woman requiring corticosteroid therapy.
A woman who developed multisystem systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at the age 80 improved with therapy, but after a hip fracture her disease flared necessitating corticosteroid treatment at age 90. This is the oldest case of active lupus ever reported, and points out the importance of not excluding active SLE as a cause of symptoms or signs even in advanced age.
Wallace
D J
DJ
Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA School of Medicine.
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones