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Membranous obstruction of the inferior vena cava and systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Source :
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Digestion [Digestion] 1983; Vol. 27 (2), pp. 111-5. - Publication Year :
- 1983
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Abstract
- A 37-year-old woman who presented with systemic lupus erythematosus was found to have a membranous obstruction of the inferior vena cava above the hepatic veins, with an extensive collateral circulation. The obstruction was relieved by a renal vein-right atrial interposition graft, and this was followed by disappearance of the anti-nuclear and anti-DNA antibodies. We postulate that the systemic lupus erythematosus might have been provoked by life-long immune stimulation due to bowel-derived antigens bypassing the hepatic reticuloendothelial system and reaching the systemic circulation, or by immune hyperreactivity associated with the abnormal abdominal venous circulation.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0012-2823
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Digestion
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 6628837
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000198939