Department of Pediatrics, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease with diverse clinical manifestations involving multiple organ systems. Peritoneal involvement as a sign of gastrointestinal disease in SLE is a rare condition. Massive ascites as the initial manifestation of SLE is an extremely rare situation. Here, we report a 13-year-old female with bile-stained vomiting, ascites and signs of pseudo-obstructions with a past medical history of immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) who was later diagnosed to have SLE.
Jafari R, Abolghasemi H, Javanbakht M, Najjari Z, Beiraghdar F, Kavehmanesh Z. Massive Ascites, Protein Losing Enteropathy and Pseudo-Obstruction as Rare Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a known case of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura. IJBC. 2020; 12 (2) :67-69 URL: http://ijbc.ir/article-1-968-en.html