Yeboah-Mensah Kwame
Rheumatology Clinic, Directorate of Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
Ghana Med J. 2014 Mar;48(1):50-3. doi: 10.4314/gmj.v48i1.9.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, auto-immune multi-system disorder. About seventy to ninety percent of all cases of SLE occur in women. Although the disease is common in black young women residing in Europe and North America, it is reputed to be a very rare diagnosis in West Africa. A case of atypical presentation of SLE in a male in West Africa is presented.
系统性红斑狼疮(SLE)是一种慢性自身免疫性多系统疾病。所有SLE病例中约70%至90%发生在女性身上。尽管这种疾病在居住在欧洲和北美的黑人年轻女性中很常见,但在西非据说是一种非常罕见的诊断。本文介绍了一名西非男性SLE非典型表现的病例。