Abstract
Acute pancreatitis is a well-known but rare complication of corticosteroid therapy in both children1-3 and adu1ts.4,5 In adults, respiratory insufficiency may follow the onset of acute pancreatitis.6-8 This report describes a child with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in whom acute respiratory distress developed after steroid-induced pancreatitis. CASE REPORT A 12-year-old girl with SLE in remission (maintenance therapy, 60 mg of prednisone on alternate days) was admitted to the University of California Los Angeles Hospital with a one-week history of fever, dysuria, facial rash, and joint pain. A urinary tract infection was detected and the patient was placed on a regimen of antibiotics.
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