Necrotizing Polyarteritis Nodosa-like Vasculitis in a Child with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Indian Pediatr. 2017 Feb 15;54(2):139-144. doi: 10.1007/s13312-017-1017-2.

Abstract

A 10-year-old child presented with prolonged fever, lymphadenopathy, weight loss, oral ulcers, alopecia and parotitis. She later developed arterial thrombosis, poly-serositis, nephritis, myocarditis, sacro-ilitis, autoimmune hemolytic anemia and refractory thrombocytopenia. Though anti-dsDNA was negative, she was diagnosed to have systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Terminally, she had pulmonary symptoms and succumbed to her illness. The autopsy showed lupus nephritis-Class II, polyserositis, myocarditis, inflammatory myositis, immune mediated vasculitis involving renal, coronary, pancreatic, adrenal, dermal and intramuscular arteries, and pulmonary hemorrhages and edema.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Fever of Unknown Origin
  • Humans
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic*
  • Polyarteritis Nodosa*
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Vasculitis*