The lung in the spectrum of antiphospholipid syndrome

CER5828
2013 Vol.31, N°3
PI 0452, PF 0457
Review

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PMID: 23415021 [PubMed]

Received: 09/07/2012
Accepted : 25/09/2012
In Press: 15/02/2013
Published: 03/05/2013

Abstract

Patients with antiphospholipid syndrome may develop various lung manifestations. The lung complications that have been described so far are pulmonary thromboembolic disease, pulmonary hypertension, acute respiratory distress syndrome, primary thrombosis of large and small lung vessels, diffuse alveolar haemorrhage, fibrosing alveolitis and postpartum syndrome. Clinicians should be aware of these conditions as in most of these cases, timely diagnosis and treatment is needed.