Acute Pancreatitis as the Initial Presentation of Systematic Lupus Erythematosus | Zendy

Yi Jia | Zendy; Arleen M. Ortiz | Zendy; Richard W. McCallum | Zendy; Hasan J. Salameh | Zendy; Pedro Serrato | Zendy

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Acute Pancreatitis as the Initial Presentation of Systematic Lupus Erythematosus

Author(s) -

Yi Jia,

Arleen M. Ortiz,

Richard W. McCallum,

Hasan J. Salameh,

Pedro Serrato

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

case reports in gastrointestinal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6528

pISSN - 2090-6536

DOI - 10.1155/2014/571493

Subject(s) - medicine , acute pancreatitis , presentation (obstetrics) , complication , pancreatitis , systemic lupus erythematosus , disease , lupus erythematosus , dermatology , immunology , surgery , antibody

Systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem disease, including the gastrointestinal system in about half of SLE patients. As a rare complication of SLE, acute pancreatitis presents as generalized flare-ups in most cases of patients previously diagnosed with SLE. Here we report a rare case of acute pancreatitis as the initial presentation with later diagnosis of SLE.

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