Case Report
Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting with Esophagitis and Severe Oral Mucositis
Table 1
Initial laboratory studies at the time of presentation (abnormal findings are indicated in bold).
| Labs | Ref ranges | Actual values |
| White blood cells (thou/uL) | 4.5–13.5 | 2.59 | Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 12.0–16.0 | 9.6 | Hematocrit (%) | 36–46 | 29.8 | MCV (fL) | 78.0–98.0 | 85.9 | Platelets (thou/uL) | 150–450 | 155 | Absolute lymphocyte count (thou/uL) | 1.2–7.83 | 0.340 | Absolute neutrophil count (thou/uL) | 1.7–9.715 | 2.119 | Reticulocytes (%) | 0.5–2.5 | 0.7 | Ferritin (ng/mL) | 11–320 | 839 | Albumin (g/dL) | 3.6–4.7 | 2.9 | Creatinine (mg/dL) | 0.25–0.94 | 1.16 | BUN (mg/dL) | 7–18 | 36 | UA | | Large occult blood, >500 protein | Urine protein/creatinine | <0.2 | 2.9 |
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