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Case Report Special Issue Lymphology & Phlebology
Febrle pancytopenia, hematochezia and hematemesis as the presenting manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus
Natalia G Vallianou, Georgios Kyriakopoulos, Kyriakos Trigkidis, Eleni Geladari, Marina Sikara, Theodoros Argyrakos, Evangelos P Kokkinakis
Received: January 01, 1971 | Published: November 26, 2018
Citation: Vallianou NG, Kyriakopoulos G, Trigkidis K, et al. Febrle pancytopenia, hematochezia and hematemesis as the presenting manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus. MOJ Immunol. 2018;6(6):234-235. DOI: 10.15406/moji.2018.06.00234
Abstract
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may extremely rarely present with gastrointestinal symptoms. Gastrointestinal involvement in SLE is not uncommon, but more than half of these manifestations are attributed to adverse reactions to lupus medications and viral or bacterial infections, which occur more commonly in these immunosuppressed patients. Herein, we describe a female patient who presented with fever of unknown origin and eventually with hematochezia and hematemesis, without any abdominal pain.
Keywords: Pancytopenia, Hematochezia, Hematemesis, Hematochezia, Lupus medications, Viral infections, Bacterial infections, Gastrointestinal, Autoimmune thyroiditis, Methylprednisolone, Cyclophosphamide
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