Abstracts tagged "Lupus and Pulmonary Involvement"

Abstract Number: 1598 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Shrinking Lung Syndrome in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients: A Diagnosis We Should Suspect More Often
Didem Saygin¹, Chris Lau², Marco Lopez-Velazquez³ and Kristin B. Highland⁴, ¹Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, ²Pulmonary and Critical Care, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Rheumatology.org, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Shrinking lung syndrome (SLS) is a rare pulmonary manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) characterized by dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, restriction on pulmonary function…