Discussion
Diagnosis With Brief Discussion
- Diagnosis
- Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in patient with SLE
- Radiologic Findings
- Figs 1. Chest PA shows diffuse bilateral airspace opacification, especially Left lung.
Fig 2-3. Lung window setting of the high resolution chest CT scan shows diffuse ground-glass opacity and consolidation with mild interlobular septal thickening in both lungs, especially left lung.
Clinical Presentation
The patient visited our emergency department because of cough, dyspnea and hemoptysis, which have been aggravated for last 5 days. She was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis 5 years ago, but she stopped taking medication 2 years ago. Initial laboratory tests revealed severe anemia (hemoglobin: 5.7
- Brief Review
- Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a potentially catastrophic pulmonary complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) associated with a high mortality rate. DAH has been reported to complicate 2
- References
- 1. Kazzaz NM, Coit P, Lewis EE, McCune WJ, Sawalha AH, Knight JS. Systemic lupus erythematosus complicated by diffuse alveolar haemorrhage: risk factors, therapy and survival. Lupus science & medicine. 2015;2(1):e000117.
2. Abdalla AO, Al-Khafaji J, Akella PM, Taha M. A fatal case of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage as the initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus: A case report and literature review. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports. 2018;24:55-7.
- Keywords
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Lung, Connective tissue diseases,