Acute acalculous cholecystitis in systemic lupus erythematosus: A case report and review of the literature

Lupus

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 361-363

  Kamimura, T ^a   Mimori, A ^a   Takeda, A ^a   Masuyama, J ^a   Yoshio, T ^a   Okazaki, H ^a   Kano, S ^a   Minota, S ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acalculous cholecystitis; Cholecystectomy; Corticosteroid therapy; SLE

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHOLECYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 0031870903     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096120398678920154     Document Type: Article

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