Arch Gastroenterol Case Rep | Volume 2, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access

Lupus Enteritis in Systemic Sclerosis-Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Overlap Syndrome

Brandon Ang *, Fred Laningham and Reshma Patel

Valley Children’s Healthcare, USA

*Correspondance to: Brandon Ang 

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Abstract

Lupus enteritis has not been well described in patients with overlap syndrome. It is rare both as an initial presentation of overlap syndrome and as a flare in known disease. We describe a case of lupus enteritis in a female patient with known systemic sclerosis-systemic lupus erythematosus overlap syndrome presenting with severe abdominal pain and non-specific GI symptoms. Diagnosis was made clinically and with CT imaging. A high index of suspicion should be maintained for lupus enteritis in patients with overlap syndrome due to high mortality associated with lupus enteritis. The main stay of treatment is immunosuppression and steroid therapy.

Keywords:

Lupus enteritis; Immunosuppression; Steroid therapy

Citation:

Ang B, Laningham F, Patel R. Lupus Enteritis in Systemic Sclerosis- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Overlap Syndrome. Arc Gastroenterol Case Rep. 2022; 2(1): 1005.

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