title: A case of systemic lupus erythematosus complicated with pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis.
abstract: Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI), which is characterized by the presence of multiple gas-filled mucosal, submucosal, or subserosal cysts located throughout the colon and/or small intestine, is an unusual complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report a case of a 33-year-old woman with a 5-year history of SLE with PCI. Her symptoms improved with conservative management. Although PCI is a rare manifestation of SLE, clinicians should be alert to the differential diagnosis of this complication.
authors.affiliation: Intractable Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan. hoyoko@abox.so-net.ne.jp
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Haruko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ideguchi
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shirai
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeno
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishigatsubo