2020
DOI: 10.1177/0961203320910803
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Gastrointestinal vasculitis due to systemic lupus erythematosus treated with rituximab: a case report

Abstract: Background Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus may present with variable gastrointestinal manifestations including peritonitis, pancreatitis, enteritis, and vasculitis. Gastrointestinal vasculitis is one of the most devastating complications of systemic lupus erythematosus, with a mortality rate of 50% when it progresses to bowel ischemia and is complicated by hemorrhage or perforation. Case report A young female patient known to have systemic lupus erythematosus, lupus nephritis, and antiphospholipid a… Show more

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“…Lupus enteritis presents with pain abdomen and affects approximately 0.2%–5.8% of SLE patients 2–4 . The inflammation of the bowel wall can be due to immune complex deposition in the bowel wall or due to small vessel vasculitis 5–8 . 18 F-FDG PET/CT whole body can be done in patients presenting with pain abdomen with fever under evaluation and can locate sites of active inflammation from which histopathological sampling can be done for accurate diagnosis, and the patient can be managed accordingly 9,10…”
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“…Lupus enteritis presents with pain abdomen and affects approximately 0.2%–5.8% of SLE patients 2–4 . The inflammation of the bowel wall can be due to immune complex deposition in the bowel wall or due to small vessel vasculitis 5–8 . 18 F-FDG PET/CT whole body can be done in patients presenting with pain abdomen with fever under evaluation and can locate sites of active inflammation from which histopathological sampling can be done for accurate diagnosis, and the patient can be managed accordingly 9,10…”
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confidence: 99%