title: Hemobilia in systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Symptoms of acute cholecystitis developed in a 22-year-old woman with active SLE. Abdominal ultrasonography and biliary patency scan showed evidence of acalculous cholecystitis and common bile duct obstruction, respectively. Operation revealed acalculous cholecystitis and hemobilia; a liver biopsy specimen also showed hemobilia. Surgery relieved the patient's symptoms. This case demonstrates a new complication of SLE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rhoton
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Gilliam
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Geisinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D005260:Female; D006431:Hemobilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography