A child with neonatal lupus and congenital AV block died of septicemia and myocarditis at three months of age despite pacemaker insertion, highlighting septicemia as a potential cause of death.
Case Report (n=1)
This is a case of a child with neonatal lupus and congenital atrioventricular (AV) block, born to a mother with asymptomatic, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The child, despite pacemaker insertion, died of septicemia and myocarditis at the age of three months. Although the association of neonatal lupus with congenital AV block is well-recognized, there are only few pathologic studies of the conduction system reported in the literature. This is such a study in which we emphasize that, due to an altered immune system in the child, septicemia may be the cause of death in some cases.
Bharati et al. (Tue,) conducted a case report in Neonatal lupus with congenital atrioventricular block and myocarditis (n=1). Neonatal lupus and congenital atrioventricular block was evaluated. A child with neonatal lupus and congenital AV block died of septicemia and myocarditis at three months of age despite pacemaker insertion, highlighting septicemia as a potential cause of death.
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