{"title":"Late Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in an Afro-Caribbean Patient: A Diagnostic Challenge","authors":"Barrett-Campbell Odeth, James-Goulbourne Tracian, Shapira Iuliana","doi":"10.46619/joccr.2018.1-1017","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Systemic Lupus Erythematosus may be missed in the elderly population as the clinical features may resemble more common conditions. Treatment remains a challenge in this group given the co-existing chronic illnesses and drug-related toxicities. Herein, we report a case of a 72-year-old Afro-Caribbean woman diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus after having pulmonary and renal manifestations.","PeriodicalId":73665,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical cases & reports","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of clinical cases & reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.46619/joccr.2018.1-1017","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus may be missed in the elderly population as the clinical features may resemble more common conditions. Treatment remains a challenge in this group given the co-existing chronic illnesses and drug-related toxicities. Herein, we report a case of a 72-year-old Afro-Caribbean woman diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus after having pulmonary and renal manifestations.