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Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy for Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitis Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Child
Author(s) -
YamazakiNakashimada Marco A.,
DuranMckinster Carola,
RamírezVargas Nadia,
HernandezBautista Victor
Publication year - 2009
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.1525-1470.2009.00950.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intravenous immunoglobulin therapy , immunology , antibody , systemic vasculitis , intravenous immunoglobulins , dermatology , lupus erythematosus , vasculitis , disease
Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis is a type of urticarial vasculitis with multisystemic involvement and poor prognosis, sometimes associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. Several therapies have been attempted with no consensus on an effective therapeutic regimen. Intravenous immunoglobulin has been used in severe manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus and recently in hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis. We present a 7‐year‐old girl with hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus and pneumonia who responded favorably to intravenous immunoglobulin.