Fulminant lupus pneumonitis complicating systemic lupus erythematosus in the elderly
Abstract Fulminant lupus pneumonitis is a rare complication of SLE. We report a case of 75 years‐old male patient with SLE who developed pneumonia and severe respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. Refractory respiratory distress complicating noninfectious fulminant lupus pneumonitis d...
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| author | Wiem Helali Mounira El Euch Cyrine Sassi Asma Kefi Fethi Ben Hamida Khaoula Ben Abdelghani Sami Turki Ezzedine Abderrahim |
| author_facet | Wiem Helali Mounira El Euch Cyrine Sassi Asma Kefi Fethi Ben Hamida Khaoula Ben Abdelghani Sami Turki Ezzedine Abderrahim |
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| description | Abstract Fulminant lupus pneumonitis is a rare complication of SLE. We report a case of 75 years‐old male patient with SLE who developed pneumonia and severe respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. Refractory respiratory distress complicating noninfectious fulminant lupus pneumonitis did not respond to methylprednisolone and intravenous immunoglobulin treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b63e9d2143c41218adacaf61c3e3c422023-03-27T08:31:44ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042023-02-01112n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.6966Fulminant lupus pneumonitis complicating systemic lupus erythematosus in the elderlyWiem Helali0Mounira El Euch1Cyrine Sassi2Asma Kefi3Fethi Ben Hamida4Khaoula Ben Abdelghani5Sami Turki6Ezzedine Abderrahim7Internal Medicine Department A Charles Nicolle hospital of Tunis Tunis TunisiaInternal Medicine Department A Charles Nicolle hospital of Tunis Tunis TunisiaInternal Medicine Department A Charles Nicolle hospital of Tunis Tunis TunisiaInternal Medicine Department A Charles Nicolle hospital of Tunis Tunis TunisiaInternal Medicine Department A Charles Nicolle hospital of Tunis Tunis TunisiaInternal Medicine Department A Charles Nicolle hospital of Tunis Tunis TunisiaInternal Medicine Department A Charles Nicolle hospital of Tunis Tunis TunisiaInternal Medicine Department A Charles Nicolle hospital of Tunis Tunis TunisiaAbstract Fulminant lupus pneumonitis is a rare complication of SLE. We report a case of 75 years‐old male patient with SLE who developed pneumonia and severe respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. Refractory respiratory distress complicating noninfectious fulminant lupus pneumonitis did not respond to methylprednisolone and intravenous immunoglobulin treatment.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6966elderlypneumonitislupus |
| spellingShingle | Wiem Helali Mounira El Euch Cyrine Sassi Asma Kefi Fethi Ben Hamida Khaoula Ben Abdelghani Sami Turki Ezzedine Abderrahim Fulminant lupus pneumonitis complicating systemic lupus erythematosus in the elderly Clinical Case Reports elderly pneumonitis lupus |
| title | Fulminant lupus pneumonitis complicating systemic lupus erythematosus in the elderly |
| title_full | Fulminant lupus pneumonitis complicating systemic lupus erythematosus in the elderly |
| title_fullStr | Fulminant lupus pneumonitis complicating systemic lupus erythematosus in the elderly |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fulminant lupus pneumonitis complicating systemic lupus erythematosus in the elderly |
| title_short | Fulminant lupus pneumonitis complicating systemic lupus erythematosus in the elderly |
| title_sort | fulminant lupus pneumonitis complicating systemic lupus erythematosus in the elderly |
| topic | elderly pneumonitis lupus |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6966 |
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