title: Acute acalculous cholecystitis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus with Sjogren's syndrome.
abstract: Both systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjogren's syndrome are autoimmune diseases. Almost all organs can be involved but the gall bladder is an unusual site. We report a 39-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjogren's syndrome presenting with acute acalculous cholecystitis. It is a very rare complication and, in the literature review, surgical interventions are mostly applied for treatment. In our case, high dose corticosteroid was tried and clinical manifestations and radiologic findings were improved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Joon
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Kyoung Sun
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Na
authors.forename: Sung Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Sang Cheol
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Dae Hyun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Seong Yoon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tae Hwan
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D008775:Methylprednisolone