CASE REPORT
A case of systemic lupus erythematosus complicated with pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis
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Yoshiko Yamaguchi1, Shigeru Ohno1, Satoshi Yamazaki1, Haruko Ideguchi1, Akira Shirai1, Mitsuhiro Takeno2 and Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo2
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Intractable Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama 232-0024, Japan |
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Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan |
Received: 05 July 2005 Accepted: 03 October 2005
Abstract Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI), which is characterized by the presence of multiple gas-filled mucosal, submucosal, or subserosal cysts located throughout the colon and/or small intestine, is an unusual complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report a case of a 33-year-old woman with a 5-year history of SLE with PCI. Her symptoms improved with conservative management. Although PCI is a rare manifestation of SLE, clinicians should be alert to the differential diagnosis of this complication.
Key words Abdominal symptoms - Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) - Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
