Acute pancreatitis- As a Presenting Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Dhrubajyoti Bandyopadhyay^1, , Vijayan Ganesan², Debarati Bhar², Sibnarayan Sasmal², Adrija Hajra³, Cankatika choudhury², Diptak Bhowmick² and Partha Sarathi Karmakar²

¹Department of accident and emergency, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi

²Department of Internal Medicine, RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata

³Department of Internal Medicine, IPGMER, Kolkata

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Dhrubajyoti Bandyopadhyay, Vijayan Ganesan, Debarati Bhar, Sibnarayan Sasmal, Adrija Hajra, Cankatika choudhury, Diptak Bhowmick and Partha Sarathi Karmakar. Acute pancreatitis- As a Presenting Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2015; 3(6):155-157. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-3-6-1

Abstract

15 years aged young girl was admitted with acute pain abdomen with distension, vomiting and fever. Patient was very sick and investigations, both blood and imaging of abdomen were suggestive of pancreatitis. This acute condition was soon followed by acute nephritis within a day or two and was established due to systemic lupus erythematosus through various investigations. Then we started treatment with high dose steroid and patient showed dramatic improvement. As a rare complication of SLE, acute pancreatitis presents as generalized flare-ups in most patients previously diagnosed with SLE. But acute pancreatitis as an initial feature of a multisystem disorder of SLE is rare and physician should remain aware of this clinical entity.

Keywords

systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); acute pancreatitis; lupus nephritis

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