International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
Abdullah Mohammed Albishi
Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Department, Armed Forces Hospital Southern Region, Khamis Mushayt, Saudi ArabiaPublications
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Research
Diffuse Small Bowel Disease, Lupus Enteritis, as First Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Case Report
Author(s): Abdullah Mohammed Albishi*, Yahiya Ali Khobrani, Faris Ayeth Alshahrani, Yahia I. Assiri, Nasser Ibraheem Alqahtani, Khalid Tahir Ibrahim Suliman and Mohammed Qasem Alguthrudi
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that has wide manifestations that affect many organs in the body. One rare complication of SLE in the Gastrointestinal Tract (GI) is lupus enteritis which is a complex of manifestations including enteric ischemia and intestinal vasculitis, which is characterized by abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. Hence, we are reporting one case of a middle-aged woman who suffered from abdominal pain for three months without any features suggestive of SLE. She was diagnosed with lupus enteritis whic.. Read More»
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