A Case of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting with an Acute Abdomen: Successful Treatment with Steroid

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Enhanced abdominal CT on admission revealed an enlarged gall bladder (a, arrow), hydronephrosis, and ascites. The wall thickening with a marked three-wall structure extended from the terminal ileum to the sigmoid colon (c, e, arrows), and the bladder wall was irregularly thickened and enhanced (g, arrow). Eight days later, plain abdominal CT revealed an almost normal gall bladder wall (b, arrow), alimentary tract (d, f, arrow), and bladder (h, arrow).

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