Neonatal lupus erythematosus


Facial erythema

Redness of the skin of the face, caused by hyperemia of the capillaries in the lower layers of the skin.


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PMID (PMCID)
19151121
FEMALE Infant, Newborn
Anti-RNP neonatal lupus in a female newborn.
McGeachy C, Lam J.
Lupus. 2009;18(2):172-4.
We describe a case of neonatal lupus erythematosus in a term female infant who presented at birth with mild, scattered facial erythema and ice-pick lesions at lateral and superior borders of her face.