HighlightsThere were only two reported cases of SLE manifesting gastrointestinal perforation.Our case is the first SLE patient who developed fatal perforation in the colon.CMV and microembolism-induced ischemia seemed responsible for the perforation.
We report a case of a middle-aged man who suffered a cerebral infarction resulting from dissection of a vertebral artery associated with morning blood pressure surge. A 56-year-old man was transferred to our hospital with dizziness and vomiting in the early morning on a cold day in winter. He reported that he had been
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