A clinical case of difficult diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus

Abstract

The paper presents a clinical case of a patient diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus, which had a vague clinical picture and required a combined examination for differential diagnosis with intestinal disease (Crohn’s disease with extraintestinal manifestations). Data of instrumental, laboratory studies during hospitalization and data of pathoanatomic examination after death of the patient from the developed complications are presented.