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 Case ReportLupus-associated vasculitis manifesting as acute appendicitis in a 16 year old girlChristina Cellini1 , Syed A Hoda2 and Nitsana Spigland1  1Department of Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA 2Department of Pathology, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA author email corresponding author email
Pediatric Rheumatology 2008,
6:10doi:10.1186/1546-0096-6-10 Abstract
A 16 year old female with systemic lupus erythematosus presents with acute appendicitis. Final pathologic analysis of the appendix describes a lupus-associated vasculitis. |