[Acute pancreatitis and spontaneous rupture of pancreatic pseudocyst in systemic lupus erythematosus].
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease, with multisystemic involvement. Gastrointestinal symptoms are common, like nausea, vomiting and dyspepsia. Acute pancreatitis is an unusual manifestation of SLE, being an important differential diagnosis in evaluation of abdominal pain. The patients usually presents with pain of variable intensity, some occasions simulating acute abdomen. Several factors have been implicated in the pathogenesis of this condition, such as vasculitis, drugs and antiphospholipid antibodies. The role of corticosteroids as etiologic factor remains controversial. Due to the rarity of SLE associated to pancreatitis, we report two cases of patients with severe inflammatory process. In one case, it was used corticosteroids in high doses during treatment, with good outcome. In another, the patient died because of pancreatic pseudocyst rupture and its postoperative hemodynamic complications. In the reported cases, predisposing factors for acute pancreatitis were not verified, so it was considered a primary manifestation of SLE activity.
Campos
Carolina Fernandes Silva
CF
Médica residente do Serviço de Clínica Médica do HUGV-UFAM.
Scrignoli
Juliana Alves
JA
de Almeida
Lorena Penha
LP
Ferreira
Brena Luize
BL
Ribeiro
Sandra Lúcia Euzébio
SL
de Lima
Domingos Sávio Nunes
DS
Passos
Luiz Fernando de Souza
LF
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D055815:Young Adult