Severe malnutrition due to systemic lupus erythematosus associated protein losing enteropathy.
Systemic lupus erythematosus most often targets organs such as joints, serosa, skin, bone marrow, and the kidneys. Gastrointestinal complications are uncommon, and among these, protein losing enteropathy is particularly rare. We present a young woman who suffered from chronic abdominal pain and diarrhea, developed severe malnutrition, and was eventually diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus and associated protein losing enteropathy.
Division of Internal Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. matan123@hadassah.org.il
Matan J
MJ
Cohen
Iris
I
Theodor
Anat Scheiman
AS
Elazary
Pazit
P
Bekerman
Avital
A
Nahmias
Alan
A
Rubinov
Arie
A
Ben-Yehuda
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000209:etiology*; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000209:etiology*