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1: Rheumatol Int. 2008 Dec;29(2):219-21. Epub 2008 Aug 12.Click here to read Links

Interstitial cystitis and systemic lupus erythematosus in a 20-year-old woman.

do Socorro Teixeira Moreira Almeida M, Carvalho LL, Carvalho AG, Almeida JV, Borges e Silva J.

Federal University of Piauí, Avenida Elias João Tajra, 620, apto 502, Jockey, Teresina, Piauí, CEP 64049-300, Brazil. esteios@uol.com.br

A 20-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus presented with dysuria, urinary frequency and suprapubic pain and was found to have a chronic interstitial cystitis, a chronic inflammation of the bladder wall, mostly affecting middle-aged women. Chronic interstitial cystitis is an uncommon manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus.

PMID: 18696074 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]