Acute lupus pneumonitis as the initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus.


Journal

BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
07 Jul 2020
Historique:
entrez: 10 7 2020
pubmed: 10 7 2020
medline: 12 2 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multisystem autoimmune disease with wide-ranging pleuropulmonary manifestations. Acute lupus pneumonitis is one of its uncommon complications. We report a 36-year-old woman with acute lupus pneumonitis as the initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus. Clinical, biological, radiological and functional improvements were noticed with the administration of steroids, hydroxychloroquine and immunoglobulin.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32641438
pii: 13/7/e234638
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-234638
pmc: PMC7342476
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Immunoglobulins, Intravenous 0
Steroids 0

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Informations de copyright

© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interests: None declared.

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Auteurs

Chloé Cantero (C)

Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland chloe.cantero@hcuge.ch.

Rechana Vongthilath (R)

Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.

Jérôme Plojoux (J)

Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.

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