Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease  2007;17(1):68-73

Two Cases of Pulmonary Problems as Initial Clinical Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Ik Jae IM 1 ; Eun Hee CHUNG ; Na Hye MYONG ; In Sun LEE

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Keywords

Lupus erythematosus; Systemic; Lung diseases

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic and multisystemic disease. Pleuropulmonary disease in SLE has various clinical manifestations, such as immunologic pneumonia, infectious pneumonia, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary hemorrhage, pleuritis and pleural effusion. It can manifest as an initial clinical finding of SLE. We experienced two cases; one case of pulmonary hemorrhage and one case of atypical pneumonia as an initial clinical manifestation of SLE.