Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting with a Fatal Intestinal Vasculitis: a Case Report

This case report demonstrates fatal gastrointestinal vasculitis as a rare presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus. A 34-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain and diarrhea. Anti nuclear antibody was positive and high titre of anti-ds DNA antibody was also reported. Treatment with corticos...

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Autores principales: Nozari, Neda, Divsalar, Parisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Iranian Association of Gastroerterology and Hepatology 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4119674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25093065
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description This case report demonstrates fatal gastrointestinal vasculitis as a rare presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus. A 34-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain and diarrhea. Anti nuclear antibody was positive and high titre of anti-ds DNA antibody was also reported. Treatment with corticosteroid and supportive cares were started; however, her condition worsened. Eventually, she was considered as a candidate for diagnostic laparoscopy. Immediately after laparoscopy, she developed respiratory distress along with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Soon after, the patient died because of disseminated intravascular coagulation .
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spelling pubmed-41196742014-08-04 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting with a Fatal Intestinal Vasculitis: a Case Report Nozari, Neda Divsalar, Parisa Middle East J Dig Dis Case Report This case report demonstrates fatal gastrointestinal vasculitis as a rare presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus. A 34-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain and diarrhea. Anti nuclear antibody was positive and high titre of anti-ds DNA antibody was also reported. Treatment with corticosteroid and supportive cares were started; however, her condition worsened. Eventually, she was considered as a candidate for diagnostic laparoscopy. Immediately after laparoscopy, she developed respiratory distress along with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Soon after, the patient died because of disseminated intravascular coagulation . Iranian Association of Gastroerterology and Hepatology 2014-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4119674/ /pubmed/25093065 Text en © 2014 by Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases This work is published by Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases as an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting with a Fatal Intestinal Vasculitis: a Case Report
title Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting with a Fatal Intestinal Vasculitis: a Case Report
title_full Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting with a Fatal Intestinal Vasculitis: a Case Report
title_fullStr Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting with a Fatal Intestinal Vasculitis: a Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting with a Fatal Intestinal Vasculitis: a Case Report
title_short Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting with a Fatal Intestinal Vasculitis: a Case Report
title_sort systemic lupus erythematosus presenting with a fatal intestinal vasculitis: a case report
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