this case report demonstrates fatal gastrointestinal vasculitis as a rare presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus. a 34-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain and diarrhea. anti nuclear antibody was positive and high titre of anti-ds dna antibody was also reported. treatment with corticosteroid and supportive cares were started; however, her condition worsened. eventually, she was co...

gastrointestinal (gi) and hepatic manifestations are not uncommon in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (sle). they include nonspecific symptoms as well as serious, life-threatening complications necessitating urgent, aggressive therapy. in addition to direct involvement of the gi system by the disease, many drug-induced side effects and opportunistic infections have gi and hepatic mani...

Dr. Adil E. Bharucha is Professor of Medicine and Dr. G. Richard Locke is Professor of Medicine, and both are consultants in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational and Epidemiological Research Program, and Dr. Joseph A. Murray is Professor of Medicine and a consultant in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Gastroenterolog...