Acute Pancreatitis as the Initial Presentation of Systematic Lupus Erythematosus

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...

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Main Authors: Yi Jia, Arleen Ortiz, Richard Mccallum, Hasan Salameh, Pedro Serrato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/571493