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Diffuse Small Bowel Disease, Lupus Enteritis, as First Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Case Report | Abstract
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Diffuse Small Bowel Disease, Lupus Enteritis, as First Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Case Report

Author(s):Abdullah Mohammed Albishi*, Yahiya Ali Khobrani, Faris Ayeth Alshahrani, Yahia I. Assiri, Nasser Ibraheem Alqahtani, Khalid Tahir Ibrahim Suliman and Mohammed Qasem Alguthrudi

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that has wide manifestations that affect many organs in the body. One rare complication of SLE in the Gastrointestinal Tract (GI) is lupus enteritis which is a complex of manifestations including enteric ischemia and intestinal vasculitis, which is characterized by abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. Hence, we are reporting one case of a middle-aged woman who suffered from abdominal pain for three months without any features suggestive of SLE. She was diagnosed with lupus enteritis which was the first initial presenting symptom for SLE


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