Lúpus eritematoso sistémico : episódio terminal de rápida evolução, com shock e falência multiorgânica

Abstract

The A.A. report the case of a 32 year-old woman, in whom systemic lupus erythematosus had been diagnosed 5 years previously. The patient had been in a relatively quiescent phase of her disease when she suddenly died from fulminant uncontrolled shock and multi-organ failure. An SLE disease exacerbation or sepsis, in which the inflammatory process induced multiple leucothombotic phenomena, may have been responsible for the clinical evolution observed.