A case of systemic lupus erythematosus complicated with pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis.
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.
Yamaguchi
Yoshiko
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Intractable Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan. hoyoko@abox.so-net.ne.jp
Ohno
Shigeru
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Yamazaki
Satoshi
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Ideguchi
Haruko
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Shirai
Akira
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Takeno
Mitsuhiro
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Ishigatsubo
Yoshiaki
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