ACUTE-PANCREATITIS - AN EARLY MANIFESTATION OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS

Authors
HUANG JL HUANG CC CHEN CY HUNG IJ
Citation
Jl. Huang et al., ACUTE-PANCREATITIS - AN EARLY MANIFESTATION OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS, Pediatric emergency care, 10(5), 1994, pp. 291-293
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric emergency care → ACNP
ISSN journal
07495161
Volume
10
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
291 - 293
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-5161(1994)10:5<291:A-AEMO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Acute pancreatitis is thought to be quite uncommon in patients with sy stemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), especially if it is the initial mani festation of the disease. We report a 13-year-old girl with SLE whose early clinical presentation was acute pancreatitis. The disease was no t related to concomitant drug therapy. It was associated with elevated serum and urine amylase levels and pancreatic enlargement by ultrasou nd assessment. The clinical symptoms and signs subsided after predniso lone treatment.