A Case of Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus Associated with Prominent Skin Lesions

Abstract

A one-day-old boy presented with annular erythematous lesions on the face and chest. He was diagnosed with neonatal lupus erythematosus because of extremely high titers of his own and maternal antinuclear antibodies and autoantibodies to Ro/SSA and La/SSB. He did not develop congenital heart block. During the course of the disease, the erythematous lesions enlarged progressively and were beginning to become ulcerated. However the titers of the autoantibodies started to decrease at the age of 3 months and the erythematous lesions disappeared by 8 months of age.