Diffuse Calcifications of the Spleen in a Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystemic autoimmune disease, which affects a wide variety of organs including the spleen. Splenic involvement in SLE includes conditions such as splenomegaly, hyposplenism, infarction, and spontaneous rupture. However, only a few cases of splenic calcific...

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Autores principales: Vaiopoulos, Aristeides G., Kanakis, Meletios A., Katsouri, Kyriaki, Kyriazi, Stavroula, Vaiopoulos, George A., Kaklamanis, Phaedon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26351459
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/414102
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author Vaiopoulos, Aristeides G.
Kanakis, Meletios A.
Katsouri, Kyriaki
Kyriazi, Stavroula
Vaiopoulos, George A.
Kaklamanis, Phaedon
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Kanakis, Meletios A.
Katsouri, Kyriaki
Kyriazi, Stavroula
Vaiopoulos, George A.
Kaklamanis, Phaedon
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description Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystemic autoimmune disease, which affects a wide variety of organs including the spleen. Splenic involvement in SLE includes conditions such as splenomegaly, hyposplenism, infarction, and spontaneous rupture. However, only a few cases of splenic calcifications in patients with SLE have been reported. Herein, we present a case of a 24-year-old female diagnosed with SLE, in which we found diffuse splenic calcifications. The unique pattern of splenic calcifications in SLE contributes to the differential diagnosis from other conditions such as infections and other connective tissue diseases, which also cause calcifications in the spleen.
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spelling pubmed-45533092015-09-08 Diffuse Calcifications of the Spleen in a Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Vaiopoulos, Aristeides G. Kanakis, Meletios A. Katsouri, Kyriaki Kyriazi, Stavroula Vaiopoulos, George A. Kaklamanis, Phaedon Case Rep Med Case Report Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystemic autoimmune disease, which affects a wide variety of organs including the spleen. Splenic involvement in SLE includes conditions such as splenomegaly, hyposplenism, infarction, and spontaneous rupture. However, only a few cases of splenic calcifications in patients with SLE have been reported. Herein, we present a case of a 24-year-old female diagnosed with SLE, in which we found diffuse splenic calcifications. The unique pattern of splenic calcifications in SLE contributes to the differential diagnosis from other conditions such as infections and other connective tissue diseases, which also cause calcifications in the spleen. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4553309/ /pubmed/26351459 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/414102 Text en Copyright © 2015 Aristeides G. Vaiopoulos et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Vaiopoulos, Aristeides G.
Kanakis, Meletios A.
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Vaiopoulos, George A.
Kaklamanis, Phaedon
Diffuse Calcifications of the Spleen in a Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title Diffuse Calcifications of the Spleen in a Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_full Diffuse Calcifications of the Spleen in a Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_fullStr Diffuse Calcifications of the Spleen in a Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_full_unstemmed Diffuse Calcifications of the Spleen in a Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_short Diffuse Calcifications of the Spleen in a Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_sort diffuse calcifications of the spleen in a woman with systemic lupus erythematosus
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26351459
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/414102
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