[Acute pancreatitis revealing a systemic lupus erythematous].
BACKGROUND
Acute pancreatitis is rarely seen in systemic lupus erythematous.


METHODS
A 28-year-old woman without significant past medical history, was hospitalized for sepsis and diagnosed with acute pancreatitis, which was found to be the initial presentation of a newly diagnosed systemic lupus erythematous.


CONCLUSIONS
Acute pancreatitis as an initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematous is rare and is reported in only 10 cases in the literature. Multiple factors are involved in the pathogenesis. The role of corticosteroids in its apparition or resolution is still a subject of controversy.
Agoumi
S
S
Service de réanimation médicale, hôpital Ibn-Sina, CHU de Rabat, Rabat, Maroc. sagoumi@online.fr
Himdi
B
B
Abidi
K
K
Zeggwagh
A
A
Abouqal
R
R
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*