Chronic pleurisy in systemic lupus erythematosus treated with pleurectomy.
Pleural involvement, clinically and radiologically, is common in systemic lupus erythematosus but it is usually transient and rarely presents a management problem. In the two cases described here unremitting pleural pain was the dominant symptom. After failure of conservative treatment pleurectomy was performed in both cases with symptomatic relief.
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery*; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*