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Pneumocystis carinii Mimicking Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus‐Related Pneumonitis
Author(s) -
Wozniacka Anna,
Robak Ewa,
SysaJedrzejowska Anna,
McCauliffe Daniel P.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2003.20615.x
Subject(s) - pneumocystis carinii , medicine , pneumonitis , lupus erythematosus , pneumonia , systemic lupus erythematosus , dermatology , immunology , pathology , lung , pneumocystis jirovecii , disease , antibody
Neonatal lupus erythematosus (LE) is a rare disease associated with the transplacental passage of maternal autoantibodies to infants who manifest congenital heart block, skin disease, and less commonly, hematologic and hepatic disease. Pulmonary disease is a rare manifestation of neonatal LE and has presented as transient pneumonitis. In this report we describe an infant with neonatal LE who had the classic skin and hematologic findings of the disease in addition to pulmonary disease which might be attributed to neonatal LE‐related pneumonitis, but in fact was caused by a concomitant Pneumocystis carinii infection. This case demonstrates the importance of looking for other causes of pulmonary disease in neonatal LE patients.