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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2019

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-associated Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis Successfully Treated by a Corticosteroid Combined with Azathioprine.

Noritaka Kudo, Hirokazu Takaoka, Taizo Shimomura, Hitoshi Suzushima, Shigetoshi Fujiyama

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Noritaka KudoComprehensive Clinical Education, Training and Development Center, Kumamoto University Hospital, Japan.
Hirokazu TakaokaSection of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Kumamoto Shinto General Hospital, Japan.
Taizo ShimomuraDivision of Hematology, Kumamoto Shinto General Hospital, Japan.
Hitoshi SuzushimaDivision of Hematology, Kumamoto Shinto General Hospital, Japan.
Shigetoshi FujiyamaDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Kumamoto Shinto General Hospital, Japan.
Kumamoto University Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 69-year-old Japanese woman was transferred to our hospital due to pancytopenia with a fever. She had Murphy's sign, and computed tomography showed pleural effusion and a swollen gallbladder without gallstones. We diagnosed her with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-associated acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC). Partly because her clinical and laboratory findings were not serious enough to warrant immediate surgical intervention, and partly because her poor general condition made her ineligible for surgery, surgical therapy was not selected. Corticosteroid therapy was performed with azathioprine, and the swelling in her gallbladder improved. As a conservative therapy for SLE-associated AAC, corticosteroid therapy combined with azathioprine might be beneficial.

Indexed as

Acalculous CholecystitisAcute DiseaseAgedAzathioprineConservative TreatmentDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleGlucocorticoidsHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMethylprednisoloneTomography, X-Ray ComputedAzathioprineGlucocorticoidsImmunosuppressive AgentsMethylprednisoloneacute acalculous cholecystitisazathioprinecorticosteroidsystemic lupus erythematosus

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PMID31243208
PMCPMC6815888
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