title: Transverse myelitis and chronic urticaria in systemic lupus erythematosus. Case report.
abstract: We report a 40 years old woman with chronic urticaria and acute transverse myelitis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. The urticaria appeared in her adolescence and after 26 years was followed by photosensitivity, peripheral polyarthritis and acute transverse myelitis, with positive antiphospholipid and antinuclear antibodies. Both chronic urticaria and acute transverse myelitis have been described associated with or appearing as the first manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus. Transverse myelitis is a rare and still poorly understood condition reported in about 2% of patients with systemic lupus.
authors.affiliation: Catholic University Medical Course and Department of Internal Medicine, Armed Forces Hospital, Brasília-DF, Brazil. vitorinomodesto@ig.com.br
authors.forename: Vitorino Modesto
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Correia Garcia
authors.forename: Fabiana
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leão Rabelo
authors.forename: Gina Eliane
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Menezes Haase Lobo
authors.forename: Maria Aparecida
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Santos Damasceno
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D014581:Urticaria / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid