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[Functional abnormality of the diaphragm in the "shrinking lung" in systemic lupus erythematosus]
X Forns1, J Font, J M Montserrat
1Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico y Provincial, Barcelona.
Revista Clinica Espanola
|September 1, 1993
Abstract:
Functional respiratory disorders in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have been previously reviewed. We report a patient with SLE who developed progressive dyspnea with a restrictive pattern in the functional respiratory tests, and diaphragmatic disfunction. Symptoms and functional tests improved after a treatment with steroids. We also review the pathophysiologic mechanisms of this disorder.