Journal article
Shrinking lung syndrome in a 14-year-old boy with systemic lupus erythematosus
Pediatric pulmonology, Vol.41(2), pp.194-197
2006
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20357
PMID: 16358343
Abstract
Pulmonary complications occur frequently in people with systemic lupus erythematosus. We report on an adolescent with an acute onset of dyspnea and pleuritic chest pain with severe restrictive lung physiology on pulmonary function testing (forced vital capacity, 20% of predicted) who had no evidence of parenchymal lung or pleural disease. He was found to have restricted diaphragmatic movement as assessed by fluoroscopy, without evidence of generalized respiratory muscle weakness. His clinical presentation and results of diagnostic tests were typical for shrinking lung syndrome. Given the rarity of shrinking lung syndrome in the pediatric age range, many clinicians are not aware of it as a clinical entity. Shrinking lung syndrome should be included in the differential diagnosis of dyspnea in both children and adults with systemic lupus erythematosus.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Shrinking lung syndrome in a 14-year-old boy with systemic lupus erythematosus
- Creators
- Polly J FERGUSON - Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United StatesMiles WEINBERGER - Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Pediatric pulmonology, Vol.41(2), pp.194-197
- Publisher
- Wiley-Liss; New York, NY
- DOI
- 10.1002/ppul.20357
- PMID
- 16358343
- ISSN
- 8755-6863
- eISSN
- 1099-0496
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2006
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology
- Record Identifier
- 9984065739702771
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