Hemoperitoneum due to a ruptured gastroepiploic artery aneurysm in systemic lupus erythematosus. A case report and literature review.
A 52-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) had a hemoperitoneum following a ruptured dissecting aneurysm of the right gastroepiploic artery. We believe this event has been reported only eight times before, but this is the first time it has been associated with SLE.
Second Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
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Yamaguchi
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Kumada
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Sugiyama
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Okamoto
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Ozawa
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D001158:Arteries; D005260:Female; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*