Costa, CéliaMeneses Santos, J.Ferreira, C. A.2021-01-272021-01-272003Medicina Interna, Vol. 10, Nº. 2, 20032183-9980http://hdl.handle.net/10451/45960A Revista Medicina Interna está licenciada com uma Licença Creative Commons - Atribuição-Não comercial-Sem Derivações 4.0 Internacional.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.porSystemic lupus erythematosusSepsisSystemic inflammatory response syndromeMultiorgan failureLeucothrombosisjournal article