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Bilateral pneumothorax and mediastinal emphysema in systemic lupus erythematosus
1Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital José M. Cullen, Santa Fe, Argentina.
Clinical Rheumatology
|December 1, 1992
Abstract:
The association of pneumothorax and mediastinal emphysema in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has not been described extensively in the literature. We describe a 36 year-old man with SLE, complicated by bilateral pneumothorax, mediastinal emphysema and pneumoperitoneum. Despite the treatment received, he died of respiratory failure.