title: Case report: systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) serositis mimicking acute cholecystitis.
abstract: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a well recognized cause of an acute abdomen. What is less well recognized is that the underlying pathology can be varied. The computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound appearances of the gall-bladder in a case of SLE serositis are shown. The imaging findings were strongly suggestive of primary gall-bladder disease although at laparotomy the gall-bladder showed serosal inflammation only.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Bradford Royal Infirmary.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lowe
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002765:Cholecystography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012700:Serositis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography