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ArticleCureus2025

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Mimicking a Possible Eating Disorder.

Landon Bruich, Dustin Williford, Jacob Filipek

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Article in Cureus, 2025. 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

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3 authors.

Landon BruichPediatrics/Hospital Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.
Dustin WillifordPediatrics/Hospital Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.
Jacob FilipekPediatrics/Hospital Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that presents with a wide range of symptoms due to its ability to affect multiple organ systems. We present a case report of a 17-year-old female with a chief complaint of a four-month history of weight loss and generalized weakness, along with a two-month history of intermittent hematochezia. Features of the patient's initial presentation made the treatment team suspicious of anorexia nervosa. However, further workup led the team to a diagnosis of SLE. This case exemplifies a rare presentation of lupus that initially mimicked an eating disorder and did not develop classic lupus findings until months after the disease process began.

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eating disordergeneralized weaknessintermittent hematochezialoss of weightsystemic lupus erythema

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PMID40453280
PMCPMC12124158

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