Severe Pulmonary Vascular Disease in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Autor: | Sack Ke, Bekheit S, Fadem Sz, Bedrossian Cw |
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Rok vydání: | 1979 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Autopsy Pulmonary Artery Acute cor pulmonale Diagnosis Differential Electrocardiography Pulmonary Heart Disease immune system diseases Humans Lupus Erythematosus Systemic Medicine Thromboembolic disease Vascular Diseases skin and connective tissue diseases business.industry Vascular disease General Medicine medicine.disease Pulmonary hypertension Echocardiography Clinical evidence Acute Disease Female Pulmonary Embolism business Anti-SSA/Ro autoantibodies |
Zdroj: | Southern Medical Journal. 72:1016-1018 |
ISSN: | 0038-4348 |
DOI: | 10.1097/00007611-197908000-00037 |
Popis: | A young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) had clinical evidence of acute cor pulmonale. Autopsy disclosed vascular lesions in the lungs resembling those seen in advanced pulmonary hypertension. This case illustrates that severe pulmonary vascular disease may complicate SLE and mimic pulmonary thromboembolic disease. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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