Residents' clinic61-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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