Volume 12, Issue 2 ( June 2020 2020)                   Iranian Journal of Blood and Cancer 2020, 12(2): 67-69 | Back to browse issues page

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1- Department of Radiology, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran and Chemical Injuries Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Pediatrics, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- Nephrology and Urology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4- Department of Pediatrics, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , mhmjvbt81@gmail.com
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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.
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: Case report | Subject: Pathology
Received: 2020/02/14 | Accepted: 2020/06/1 | Published: 2020/08/13

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