1. A case of complicated bullous systemic lupus erythematosus managed with Rituximab
- Author
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Srabani Ghosh, Ananda Mohan Chakraborty, Debashish Mandal, Soumitra Ghosh, and Abhishek Chowdhury
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030203 arthritis & rheumatology ,lcsh:R5-920 ,medicine.medical_specialty ,BSLE ,integumentary system ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Dermatology ,Vesico-bullous lesion ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Lupus nephritis ,immune system diseases ,Medicine ,Rituximab ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,lcsh:Medicine (General) ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Skin Involvement is seen nearly 76 per cent of Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, but bullous lesion however accounting for less than one per cent of cutaneous manifestation of lupus erythematosus. A 21-year-old female presented with fever, polyarthalgia and vesicobullous skin lesion and acute renal failure. Clinico-pathological evaluation imparted she was having bullous systemic lupus erythematosus (BSLE) with lupus nephritis. She was put on rituximab after initial resuscitation. She had responded dramatically with resolution of skin lesion and recovery from acute renal failure. She was followed up for one year without complication with stable disease course.
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- 2017