Authors: Federico Ceccato Adrián Salas Vanina Góngora Santiago Ruta Susana Roverano Juan Carlos Marcos Mercedes Garcìa Sergio Paira
Publish Date: 2007/10/16
Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 399-402
Abstract
Chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction CIPO a recently recognized manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus SLE with only 23 cases reported in the English literature may appear as a complication or as the initial presentation of SLE and usually occurs during the setting of an active lupus The pathogenic mechanism in SLE is unknown We describe four additional cases with clinical radiological and manometric features of CIPO As SLErelated CIPO usually responds to treatment with high doses of corticosteroids and/or immunosuppressive and prokinetic agents a high level of awareness of this complication is needed to avoid unnecessary surgical intervention
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