All issues > Volume 41(7); 1998

Erratum

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1998;41(7):989-993. Published online July 15, 1998.

A Case of Pancreatitis associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Su Eun SE Park¹, Ju Suk JS Lee¹, Sang Ook SO Park¹, Jae Hong JH Park¹, Su Young SY Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea

Correspondence Su Eun SE Park ,Email: 1

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE), an autoimmune disease with multisystemic involvement, has been reported to be associated with a number of gastrointestinal complications. But pancreatitis is an unusual complication of SLE, occuring in only 3-4% of lupus cohort. Multiple mechanisms contributing to pancreatitis associated with SLE have been demonstrated which include vasculitis, necrotizing pancreatitis, corticosteroid administration, and vascular thrombosis. We experienced a case of pancreatitis associated with SLE in a 14-year-old girl. The cause of pancreatitis may be related secondarily to vascular thrombosis, since there were several clinical and laboratory findings suggesting thromboembolic phenomena, including false-positive test for syphilis, prologation of PT/aPTT, and pulmonary embolism.

Keywords :Pancreatitis, Systemic lupus erythematosus