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

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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.

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do Socorro Teixeira Moreira Almeida, M., Carvalho, L.L., Carvalho, A.G. et al. Interstitial cystitis and systemic lupus erythematosus in a 20-year-old woman. Rheumatol Int 29, 219–221 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-008-0658-9

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