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Acute Peritonitis Is Not Always a Surgical Fix: A Rare Case of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Presenting as Polyserositis
Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a complex rheumatologic condition whose diagnosis often presents a challenge to even specialists in the field. Many cases are therefore underrecognized or misdiagnosed due to the heterogeneity of the presentation and manifestations. This report highlights th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10123235/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37102006 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36652 |
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author | Tagliaferri, Ariana R Rezkalla, Abraam Nichols, Charissa Chennupati, Prathyusha Bellardini, George Angelo |
author_facet | Tagliaferri, Ariana R Rezkalla, Abraam Nichols, Charissa Chennupati, Prathyusha Bellardini, George Angelo |
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description | Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a complex rheumatologic condition whose diagnosis often presents a challenge to even specialists in the field. Many cases are therefore underrecognized or misdiagnosed due to the heterogeneity of the presentation and manifestations. This report highlights the intricacies of diagnosing a case of MCTD when the presenting symptom is atypical. Herein, we present a case of a young girl who had severe abdominal pain, initially concerning for acute peritonitis from cholecystitis, and was found to have polyserositis affecting the pleural space, pericardium, peritoneum and pelvis secondary to mixed connective tissue disease and adrenal insufficiency. |
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spelling | pubmed-101232352023-04-25 Acute Peritonitis Is Not Always a Surgical Fix: A Rare Case of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Presenting as Polyserositis Tagliaferri, Ariana R Rezkalla, Abraam Nichols, Charissa Chennupati, Prathyusha Bellardini, George Angelo Cureus Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a complex rheumatologic condition whose diagnosis often presents a challenge to even specialists in the field. Many cases are therefore underrecognized or misdiagnosed due to the heterogeneity of the presentation and manifestations. This report highlights the intricacies of diagnosing a case of MCTD when the presenting symptom is atypical. Herein, we present a case of a young girl who had severe abdominal pain, initially concerning for acute peritonitis from cholecystitis, and was found to have polyserositis affecting the pleural space, pericardium, peritoneum and pelvis secondary to mixed connective tissue disease and adrenal insufficiency. Cureus 2023-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10123235/ /pubmed/37102006 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36652 Text en Copyright © 2023, Tagliaferri et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism Tagliaferri, Ariana R Rezkalla, Abraam Nichols, Charissa Chennupati, Prathyusha Bellardini, George Angelo Acute Peritonitis Is Not Always a Surgical Fix: A Rare Case of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Presenting as Polyserositis |
title | Acute Peritonitis Is Not Always a Surgical Fix: A Rare Case of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Presenting as Polyserositis |
title_full | Acute Peritonitis Is Not Always a Surgical Fix: A Rare Case of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Presenting as Polyserositis |
title_fullStr | Acute Peritonitis Is Not Always a Surgical Fix: A Rare Case of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Presenting as Polyserositis |
title_full_unstemmed | Acute Peritonitis Is Not Always a Surgical Fix: A Rare Case of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Presenting as Polyserositis |
title_short | Acute Peritonitis Is Not Always a Surgical Fix: A Rare Case of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Presenting as Polyserositis |
title_sort | acute peritonitis is not always a surgical fix: a rare case of mixed connective tissue disease presenting as polyserositis |
topic | Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10123235/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37102006 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36652 |
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