Neonatal lupus erythematosus

Specialty| Neonatology

Neonatal lupus erythematosus is the occurrence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) symptoms in an infant born from a mother with SLE, most commonly presenting with a rash resembling subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus, and sometimes with systemic abnormalities such as complete heart block or hepatosplenomegaly.[1]

The infants have no skin lesions at birth, but sometimes develop them during the first weeks of life.[2] Neonatal lupus is usually benign and self-limited.[1]

It is associated with mothers who carry the Anti-SSA/Ro antibodies, which is associated most closely with the subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus form of the disease.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Signs and symptoms
* 2 Treatment
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Signs and symptoms[edit | edit source]

* Neonatal lupus

* Neonatal lupus

* Neonatal lupus

## Treatment[edit | edit source]

## See also[edit | edit source]

* Lupus erythematosus
* Congenital heart block

## References[edit | edit source]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 thefreedictionary.com > neonatal lupus Archived 2018-11-06 at the Wayback Machine Citing: Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Consumers. Copyright 2007
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. Page 160. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.

## External links[edit | edit source]

Classification|

* ICD-10: M32.8

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External resources|

* eMedicine: article/1006582
* Orphanet: 398124

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