NEONATAL LUPUS

Authors

  • BUSHRA ABDUL ` MALIK Allied Hospital Faisalabad
  • MUHAMMED ASGHAR BUTT Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad
  • SAIFULLAH SHEIKH Allied Hospital Faisalabad

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29309/TPMJ/2004.11.03.5214

Keywords:

Neonatal lupus Erythematosus (NLE)

Abstract

The case presented here is of a newborn having cutaneous
lesion which were noticed soon after birth. Cutaneous lesion included well demarcated macular
erythematous rash over face. The cutaneous lesion was associated with positive anti Ro Ab in the newborn
as well as in the mother. There was no evidence of hepatic, cardiac and hematological involvement in this
newborn.

Author Biographies

BUSHRA ABDUL ` MALIK, Allied Hospital Faisalabad

Senior Registrar

MUHAMMED ASGHAR BUTT, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad

Associate Professor of Paediatrics

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Published

2004-09-18