| Title |
Isolated acute lupus pneumonitis as the initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus in an 8-year-old girl
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Autoimmunity Highlights, March 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/s13317-018-0104-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Tuğba Şişmanlar Eyüboğlu, Ayşe Tana Aslan, Yeşim Özdemir, Deniz Gezgin Yıldırım, Necla Buyan, Öznur Boyunağa |
| Abstract |
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease which has broad pleuropulmonary manifestations. One of the rare and mortal complications is acute lupus pneumonitis, which is reported very rarely, especially in childhood. Herein, we report an 8-year-old girl with isolated acute lupus pneumonitis as the initial presentation that required a lung biopsy for diagnosis. Although she had improvement with the administration of steroids, steroid treatment was reduced due to the drug's side effects resulting in the addition of azathioprine and mycophenolate mofetil to the treatment regimen. After the new regimen failed to result in clinical improvement, hydroxychloroquine treatment was started and a significant improvement was observed. Acute lupus pneumonitis is an uncommon manifestation of SLE and diagnosis may be difficult in patients without other organ involvement. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 27 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 4 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 15% |
| Researcher | 3 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 3 | 11% |
| Unknown | 7 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 52% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 4% |
| Chemistry | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 9 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
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#5,954,990
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#18
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#104,673
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Outputs of similar age from Autoimmunity Highlights
#2
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