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Pulmonary manifestations

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Pulmonary involvement may manifest acutely or indolently.

Pulmonary manifestations include:

  • pleurisy with pleuritic chest pain - is the most common acute pulmonary manifestation and warrants investigation for SLE in any young woman who is more ill than may otherwise be expected.
  • shortness of breath or dyspnoea
  • pulmonary embolism - associated with antiphospholipid antibodies
  • interstitial pneumonia:
    • common
    • usually due to concomitant infection rather than the disease process itself
  • pleural and pericardial effusions
  • haemoptysis
  • rarer complications include
    • interstitial lung disease
    • pulmonary hypertension
    • pulmonary haemorrhage
    • small lung syndrome (1,2).

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