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Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Departments of Medicine, Critical Care and Pathology, Saint Vincent Hospital and Fallon Clinic, Worcester, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, MA, USA

DM Steigman

Departments of Medicine, Critical Care and Pathology, Saint Vincent Hospital and Fallon Clinic, Worcester

LR Gill

Departments of Medicine, Critical Care and Pathology, Saint Vincent Hospital and Fallon Clinic, Worcester

A 34-year-old woman with stable systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) treated with low-dose prednisone and hydroxychloroquine developed multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules. Open lung biopsy documented lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis (LIP). LIP should be considered in the differential diagnosis of nodular pulmonary lesions in patients with SLE.

Key Words: immunosuppression • pulmonary fibrosis

Lupus, Vol. 4, No. 2, 161-163 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/096120339500400217


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