Neurolupus and pregnancy: An ethical and therapeutic dilemma in a second level hospital
2016
Abstract Optic neuritis secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus is a rare manifestation with a prevalence of 1%. The case described concerns a patient who presented with optic neuritis associated with SLE. She was 19 weeks pregnant, and required pulses with methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide, which are within the category D drugs used during pregnancy. Three weeks later, she presented with uterine activity, and went into labor, with a fetus of 22 weeks gestation and weighing 430 g being obtained, which died 48 h later. In medical practice there are ethical guidelines and economic obstacles to carrying out diagnostic and therapeutic protocols established by limiting clinical practice.
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