Lupus Enteritis: An Uncommon Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus as an Initial Presentation
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder generally affects young to middle-aged women, commonly presenting as a triad of fever, rash, and joint pain but can affect multiple organs and can present in a complex fashion, varying based on the degree and severity of organ involvement....
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doaj-5511bf9b35e14e179a177f3752f971952020-11-25T03:13:28ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Journal of Digestive Endoscopy0976-50420976-50502017-07-01080313413610.4103/jde.JDE_36_16Lupus Enteritis: An Uncommon Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus as an Initial PresentationVishal Bodh0Ritesh Kalwar1Rajesh Sharma2Brij Sharma3Sanjay Mahajan4Rajiv Raina5Ajay Jarial6Departments of Gastroenterology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartments of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartments of Gastroenterology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartments of Gastroenterology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartments of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartments of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartments of Nephrology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaSystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder generally affects young to middle-aged women, commonly presenting as a triad of fever, rash, and joint pain but can affect multiple organs and can present in a complex fashion, varying based on the degree and severity of organ involvement. The differential for abdominal pain and diarrhea in SLE is vast and can include VIPomas, serositis, pancreatitis, intestinal vasculitis, and protein – losing enteropathy, gluten – enteropathy, intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and infection. The pathology of lupus enterits thought to be immune-complex deposition and complement activation, with subsequent mucosal edema. We present a case of a woman with no history of SLE, but with a prolonged course of abdominal pain, diarrhoea and vomiting and eventual diagnoses of lupus enteritis.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/jde.JDE_36_16 lupus erythematosus systemic lupus erythematosus |
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Vishal Bodh Ritesh Kalwar Rajesh Sharma Brij Sharma Sanjay Mahajan Rajiv Raina Ajay Jarial Lupus Enteritis: An Uncommon Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus as an Initial Presentation Journal of Digestive Endoscopy lupus erythematosus systemic lupus erythematosus |
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Lupus Enteritis: An Uncommon Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus as an Initial Presentation |
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Lupus Enteritis: An Uncommon Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus as an Initial Presentation |
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Lupus Enteritis: An Uncommon Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus as an Initial Presentation |
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Lupus Enteritis: An Uncommon Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus as an Initial Presentation |
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Lupus Enteritis: An Uncommon Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus as an Initial Presentation |
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lupus enteritis: an uncommon manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus as an initial presentation |
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Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. |
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Journal of Digestive Endoscopy |
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0976-5042 0976-5050 |
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder generally affects young to middle-aged women, commonly presenting as a triad of fever, rash, and joint pain but can affect multiple organs and can present in a complex fashion, varying based on the degree and severity of organ involvement. The differential for abdominal pain and diarrhea in SLE is vast and can include VIPomas, serositis, pancreatitis, intestinal vasculitis, and protein – losing enteropathy, gluten – enteropathy, intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and infection. The pathology of lupus enterits thought to be immune-complex deposition and complement activation, with subsequent mucosal edema. We present a case of a woman with no history of SLE, but with a prolonged course of abdominal pain, diarrhoea and vomiting and eventual diagnoses of lupus enteritis. |
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lupus erythematosus systemic lupus erythematosus |
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