Fulminant lupus pneumonitis complicating systemic lupus erythematosus in the elderly

Wiem Helali; Mounira El Euch; Cyrine Sassi; Asma Kefi; Fethi Ben Hamida; Khaoula Ben Abdelghani; Sami Turki; Ezzedine Abderrahim

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6966

Fulminant lupus pneumonitis complicating systemic lupus erythematosus in the elderly

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Feb 23;11(2):e6966. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6966. eCollection 2023 Feb.

Authors

Wiem Helali^{1

2}, Mounira El Euch^{1

2

3}, Cyrine Sassi^{1

2

3}, Asma Kefi^{1

2

3}, Fethi Ben Hamida^{1

2

3}, Khaoula Ben Abdelghani^{1

2}, Sami Turki^{1

2}, Ezzedine Abderrahim^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine Department A Charles Nicolle hospital of Tunis Tunis Tunisia.
² University of Tunis Manar Tunis Tunisia.
³ Research Laboratory of Kidney Diseases (LR00SP01) Charles Nicolle Hospital Tunis Tunisia.

Abstract

Fulminant lupus pneumonitis is a rare complication of SLE. We report a case of 75 years-old male patient with SLE who developed pneumonia and severe respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. Refractory respiratory distress complicating noninfectious fulminant lupus pneumonitis did not respond to methylprednisolone and intravenous immunoglobulin treatment.

Keywords: elderly; lupus; pneumonitis.

Publication types

Case Reports