2020/04

New-onset systemic lupus erythematosus during pregnancy: a medical challenge

Case reports | P.214⁠–217 | DOI: doi.org/10.53260/EGO.202044 | Citation

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune systemic disease which preferentially affects women in their reproductive years. SLE during pregnancy is associated with both maternal and fetal-neonatal complications. While most cases of SLE are diagnosed before conception, new-onset SLE during pregnancy or in the postpartum period is rare. This paper reports the case of a young nulliparous African patient, who had non-specific symptoms as from week 16 of gestational age. SLE was diagnosed at week 28 of pregnancy along with a life-threatening multisystem flare. This case illustrates how SLE can be difficult to recognize during pregnancy because the manifestations of the SLE may mimic normal physiological changes of pregnancy.

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Citation: Preumont S.,Gerard A.,Grandjean P., New-onset systemic lupus erythematosus during pregnancy: a medical challenge, EGO European Gynecology and Obstetrics (2020); 2020/04:214⁠–217 doi: 10.53260/EGO.202044

Published: October 1, 2020

ISSUE 2020/04