Colonic perforation in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus accompanied by cytomegalovirus infection: a case report

Colonic perforation in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus accompanied by cytomegalovirus infection: a case report

Highlights • There were only two reported cases of SLE manifesting gastrointestinal perforation. • Our case is the first SLE patient who developed fatal perforation in the colon. • CMV and microembolism-induced ischemia seemed responsible for the perforation.

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of surgery case reports 2016-01, Vol.23, p.70-73
Hauptverfasser: Tachikawa, Yuichi, Nozawa, Hiroaki, Tanaka, Junichiro, Nishikawa, Takeshi, Tanaka, Toshiaki, Kiyomatsu, Tomomichi, Hata, Keisuke, Kawai, Kazushige, Kazama, Shinsuke, Yamaguchi, Hironori, Ishihara, Soichiro, Sunami, Eiji, Kitayama, Joji, Fujisawa, Madoka, Takahashi, Katutoshi, Sakaguchi, Yoshiki, Ushiku, Tetsuo, Fukayama, Masashi, Watanabe, Toshiaki
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Sprache:eng
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Case Report
Cytomegalovirus
Perforation
Steroid
Surgery
Systemic lupus erythematosus
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • There were only two reported cases of SLE manifesting gastrointestinal perforation. • Our case is the first SLE patient who developed fatal perforation in the colon. • CMV and microembolism-induced ischemia seemed responsible for the perforation.
ISSN:2210-2612
2210-2612
DOI:10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.03.021