Acute Lupus Erythematosus Disseminatus

Acute Disseminated Lupus Erythematosus in a Child

“…Tumulty and Harvey (1949) mention one patient in the first decade, and Shearn and Pirofsky (1952) mention two such patients; the latter authors also describe a third patient in whom the disease began at the age of three years, when it was diagnosed as rheumatic fever. The condition has been reported in two girls aged seven years (one case by Baehr et alii, 1935, and one by Denzer and Blumenthal, 1937), and the latter authors also quote a report by Madden (1932) of the disease in a child, aged five years. Dubois et alii (1952) encountered the disease in a Mexican girl, aged eight years, in whom it presented as aCute hcemolytic ancemia.…”

Systemic lupus erythematosus in children

“…Reports of SLE in children, appearing as early as 1892 [58], continued to appear sporadically during the early decades of this century [13,14,50,55]. Reports of SLE in children, appearing as early as 1892 [58], continued to appear sporadically during the early decades of this century [13,14,50,55].…”