January 2000, Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 72 - 73

Case report

Lupus cystitis: A possible additive risk factor for emphysematous cystitis in diabetes mellitus: discussion about one case B Granel1, J Serratrice1, V Juhan2, J Rey1, E Lechevalier3, P Disdier1 & PJ Weiller1 1Service de Médecine Interne     2Service de Radiologie, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France     3Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Salvator, Marseille, France     Correspondence to: Patrick Disdier , Service de Médecine Interne du Professeur P J Weiller, Hôpital de la Timone, Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France Tel: (+33) 4 91 38 60 39; fax: (+33) 4 91 34 74 01; E-mail: pdisdier@ap-hm.fr

Keywords

lupus cystitis;   systemic lupus erythematosus;   emphysematous cystitis

Abstract

Emphysematous cystitis (EC) is a rare condition in which gas-forming organisms are active in the bladder wall and lumen. Most of the cases have been described in patients suffering from diabetes mellitus due to glucosuria and subsequent anaerobic fermentation of glucose. To our knowledge this condition has never been described in association with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report here the first case of EC during the course of a chronic lupus cystitis (LC) in a woman suffering from SLE and type-I diabetes mellitus. Lupus (2000) 9, 72-73

Received 5 July 1999; Accepted 1 September 1999

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