title: Plexogenic arteriopathy associated with pulmonary vasculitis in systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Pulmonary arterial hypertension and compulmonale were found in a woman with inactive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The patient died of right heart failure 5 years later. Postmortem study showed SLE reparative lesions, plexogenic arteriopathy and vasculitis in the lung vessels. Since no active SLE was found, the pulmonary vasculitis was attributed to plexogenic arteriopathy.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas Alfredo Lanari, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Roncoroni
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Molinas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001167:Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000150:complications