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- Title
Abdominal Pain in a Female with Lupus -- Opening the Pandora's Box.
- Authors
Mohanasundaram, Subashri; Samuel, Marchwin Kingston; Kurien, Anila A.
- Abstract
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that can involve multiple organ systems. The most common form of vasculitis seen in SLE is small vessel vasculitis. Aortitis in SLE or antiphospholipid syndrome is an extremely rare complication. Here, we present a 32-year-old female who presented with a history of prolonged abdominal pain, who was evaluated and diagnosed to have aortitis as an unusual involvement in SLE with secondary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.
- Subjects
APPENDICITIS diagnosis; DIARRHEA; PROTEINURIA; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; VASCULITIS; WOMEN; ALBUMINURIA; LUPUS nephritis; ABDOMINAL pain; HYPERTENSION; ASPIRIN; SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus; TREATMENT effectiveness; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; PREDNISOLONE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ABDOMINAL bloating; AUTOIMMUNE diseases; TAKAYASU arteritis; VOMITING; ENALAPRIL; SPLEEN diseases; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID syndrome
- Publication
Indian Journal of Nephrology, 2024, Vol 34, Issue 2, p181
- ISSN
0971-4065
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/ijn.ijn_316_22