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- Title
Gastrointestinal: Abdominal pain, vomiting, and fatal intra‐abdominal hemorrhage in a patient with Sjögren's syndrome.
- Authors
Tong, H.; Li, X‐D; Wang, Z‐D; Zhang, L‐H; Tang, C‐W
- Abstract
The article presents a 49-year-old woman presented with 40 days of epigastric pain, abdominal distension, and vomiting. The patient underwent exploratory laparotomy in another hospital, and it was observed that the horizontal part of the duodenum and partial jejunum was slightly dilated and edematous. Biopsy showed mucosa edema, congestion, and infiltration of lymphocytes. laboratory results showed slight decreased hemoglobin, and diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome was confirmed.
- Subjects
GASTROINTESTINAL disease diagnosis; DUODENUM abnormalities; JEJUNUM diseases; EDEMA
- Publication
Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2018, Vol 33, Issue 7, p1308
- ISSN
0815-9319
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jgh.14109