COVID-19 in a patient with a flare of systemic lupus erythematosus: A rare case-report

Abdulrahman Alharthy; Fahad Faqihi; Nasir Nasim; Alfateh Noor; Saima Akhtar; Ahmed Balshi; Abdullah Balhamar; Saleh A. Alqahtani; Ziad A. Memish; Dimitrios Karakitsos

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101252

COVID-19 in a patient with a flare of systemic lupus erythematosus: A rare case-report

Abdulrahman Alharthy, Fahad Faqihi, Nasir Nasim, Alfateh Noor, Saima Akhtar, Ahmed Balshi, Abdullah Balhamar, Saleh A. Alqahtani, Ziad A. Memish, Dimitrios Karakitsos

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This is a rare case-report of a young female with systemic lupus erythematosus and end-stage kidney disease (on maintenance hemodialysis) who was admitted to our intensive care unit due to life-threatening COVID-19. The patient was diagnosed with a flare of lupus; while being on maintenance hydroxychloroquine therapy. However, after the administration of steroids she made an uneventful recovery and was discharged home. In this report, the diagnostic dilemmas and the therapeutic challenges due to the overlapping clinical, imaging, and laboratory findings between lupus and COVID-19 pneumonitis are outlined. In conclusion, patients with lupus may be affected by COVID-19 despite the administration of hydroxychloroquine. The administration of steroids may have a beneficial effect on mitigating both the flare of SLE and the COVID-19 associated hyperinflammation.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	101252
Journal	Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Volume	31
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101252
State	Published - Jan 2020

Keywords

Acute respiratory failure
COVID-19
End-stage kidney disease
Hydroxychloroquine
Steroid therapy
Systemic lupus erythematosus

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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