Rapidly progressive pulmonary fibrosis following the onset of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in Sjögren's syndrome: An autopsy case report

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 295-299

  Tomita, Yusuke ^a,b   Mori, Shunsuke ^c   Arima, Nobuyuki ^a   Fukuda, Koichiro ^a   Kohrogi, Hirotsugu ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kumamoto Saishunsou National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage; Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia; Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; KL 6 PROTEIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLASMA PROTEIN; SURFACTANT PROTEIN D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRY EYE; DYSPNEA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; AUTOPSY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856583687     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6288     Document Type: Article

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