Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: radiographic and high-resolution CT findings.
Reports associating lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis (LIP) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are exceedingly rare. This case demonstrates high-resolution CT (HRCT) findings of LIP including multiple thin-walled cysts throughout the lungs, which are known to occur in LIP, but have not been described in the radiologic literature in association with SLE.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR 97201-3098, USA.
Maureen S
MS
Filipek
Mollie E
ME
Thompson
Pei-Li
PL
Wang
Marc V
MV
Gosselin
Steven
S
L Primack
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed