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Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volume 92, Issue 1, January 2017, Pages 153-158
Mayo Clinic Proceedings

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61-Year-Old Woman With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Chest Pain

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Discussion

Chest pain is a common clinical presentation in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. The differential diagnosis for patients presenting with chest pain is broad, ranging from benign disorders such as musculoskeletal chest pain to life-threatening myocardial infarction or pulmonary embolism. In patients with autoimmune disease, such as SLE or APS, the cause of chest pain can be difficult to ascertain because of atypical clinical presentation, antibody-mediated laboratory abnormalities,

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