Chronic Pancreatitis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Uncommon Association

The association between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and chronic pancreatitis (CP) is extremely rare. Up to now, only six cases have been reported. We report the case of a young woman who presented her first episode of abdominal pain and hyperamylasemia at the onset of SLE and developed chroni...

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Autores principales: Gutierrez, Silvia C., Pasqua, Analia Veronica, Casas, Horacio, Cremaschi, Maria Blanca, Valenzuela, Marcela Liliana, Cubilla, Ariel Adalberto, Garcia, Adriana
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2008
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Published: January 2008
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3075158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21490830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000112861
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Sumario:The association between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and chronic pancreatitis (CP) is extremely rare. Up to now, only six cases have been reported. We report the case of a young woman who presented her first episode of abdominal pain and hyperamylasemia at the onset of SLE and developed chronic calcifying pancreatitis after a two year period.

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