ملخص
Three siblings with urticarial vasculitis syndrome (UVS) are described. All had restrictive lung function abnormalities caused by subclinical pulmonary haemorrhage. The latter was suspected after finding haemosiderin-laden macrophages and a friable bronchial mucosa during elective bronchopulmonary alveolar lavage (BAL). The chest radiographs were normal at presentation but after steroid withdrawal symptoms worsened, haemoglobin levels fell, and Case 1 developed acute pulmonary haemorrhage. This was documented by lung biopsy, which also revealed evidence of old haemorrhage and fibrosis. We concluded that these patients had a unique familial variant of UVS with a previously unreported restrictive lung disease due to subclinical pulmonary haemorrhage.
اللغة الأصلية | English |
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الصفحات (من إلى) | 309-313 |
عدد الصفحات | 5 |
دورية | Clinical Rheumatology |
مستوى الصوت | 22 |
رقم الإصدار | 4-5 |
المعرِّفات الرقمية للأشياء | |
حالة النشر | Published - أكتوبر 2003 |
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