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10730534

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-5
pubmed:abstractText
Twenty-four children (aged 6-15 years, M:F = 1:11) with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), who had respiratory symptoms, were retrospectively reviewed. Chest radiographs obtained from all patients revealed pleural effusion in 13, alveolar infiltration in 9, pericardial effusion and cardiomegaly in 6, interstitial infiltration in 4, hilar adenopathy in 3, lung abscess in 2 and pneumatocele with pneumothorax in 1. Etiologic organisms were identified in 7 cases; (3 cases of nocardia isolated from pleural effusion and sputum, 2 cases of tuberculosis, 1 case with staphylococcus aureus septicemia and 1 case with salmonella septicemia). All except one patient improved with medical treatment. One patient died from pneumonitis. Although pulmonary involvement is increasingly recognized in children with SLE, neither roentgenogram nor clinical findings were specific. The differentiation of pulmonary infiltrates caused by lupus lung disease from pulmonary infection should be carefully evaluated.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0125-2208
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
82 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S144-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Pulmonary involvement in childhood systemic lupus erythematosus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article