Pancreatitis has been previously described in association with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (1-16). We report here a lupus patient who developed severe hemorrhagic pancreatitis within 48 hours of initiation of corticosteroid therapy; we also discuss the relation between pancreatitis and SLE.
Pancreatitis and systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report
โ Scribed by Steven M. Croft; Mark P. Jarrett; Robert Craig; Susan G. Perlman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 199 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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restriction, prednisone 100 mg daily, and Dilantin 300 mg daily. Urine output increased from 600 cc to 1,800 cc daily. The serum sodium rose to 142 mEq/liter. His mental status improved dramatically, and there was no further seizure activity. The subsequent course was complicated by a proximal myopathy that involved the shoulder and pelvic girdles and was attributed to high-dose corticosteroid therapy, but the patient was discharged in good condition on February 9, 1982, with his prednisone decreased to 30 mg daily.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
HE OCCURRENCE of systemic lupus erythematosus in families has been T P reviously documented. Davis and Gutridge' in 1951 published an account of systemic lupus erythematosus occurring in identical twin sisters. In 1952, Shearn and Pirofsky2 reviewed the findings in 34 of their patients suffering wit