Ulcerative colitis associated with preceding systemic lupus erythematosus.
We report a 50-year-old female patient who developed ulcerative colitis 31 after years being diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus. The overall clinical evaluation of her SLE activity differentiated ulcerative colitis from lupus colitis. Since the association of idiopathic systemic lupus erythematosus with ulcerative colitis has rarely been reported, the combination of these two diseases may be coincidental.
Ishikawa
O
O
Department of Dermatology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
Miyachi
Y
Y
Fujita
K
K
Takenoshita
S
S
Nagamachi
Y
Y
Hirato
J
J
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017668:Age of Onset; D001706:Biopsy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012460:Sulfasalazine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D012460:Sulfasalazine