Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting with Esophagitis and Severe Oral Mucositis

We present a case of a previously healthy adolescent female who developed severe oral mucositis and acute esophagitis as her presenting symptoms of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus. Mucositis involving the lips is infrequently reported in systemic lupus erythematosus, and to our knowledge, this...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Case reports in rheumatology 2021-06, Vol.2021, p.1-4
Main Authors: Schildt, Emily, Sessions, Kristen L, De Ranieri, Deirdre
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autoimmune diseases
Biopsy
Bone marrow
Case Report
Case reports
Creatinine
Endoscopy
Esophagitis
Esophagus
Etiology
Glycoproteins
Laboratories
Lupus
Medicaid
Medical imaging
Mucositis
Pediatrics
Stomatitis
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Teenage girls
Ulcers
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:We present a case of a previously healthy adolescent female who developed severe oral mucositis and acute esophagitis as her presenting symptoms of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus. Mucositis involving the lips is infrequently reported in systemic lupus erythematosus, and to our knowledge, this is the first reported case of acute, non-infectious esophagitis as a presenting symptom in a pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus patient.
ISSN:2090-6889
2090-6897
DOI:10.1155/2021/5868655