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Red ear(s) syndrome associated with child neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus

The Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

S-C Bae

The Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul 133-792, South Korea. Tel: (/ 82) 2 2290 9203 or 9246; Fax: (/ 82) 2 2298 8231; scbae{at}email.hanyang.ac.kr

W-S Uhm

J-B Jun

I-H Lee

S Y Kim

The Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

This case illustrates that a child having severe neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) with seizure and cerebral vascular disease showed excellent clinical outcome in response to intravenous methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide pulse, and presented unexplained red ears phenomenon.

Key Words: systemic lupus erythematosus • neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus • seizure • cerebral vascular disease • red ear(s) syndrome

Lupus, Vol. 9, No. 4, 301-303 (2000)
DOI: 10.1191/096120300680198908


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