[A case of Sjögren syndrome with pulmonary nodular amyloidosis and pulmonary multiple cysts].
A 57-year-old woman who had been given a diagnosis of Sjögren syndrome at age 53 consulted a nearby doctor because of bloody sputum. He noted her chest abnormal shadows and referred her to our hospital. Her chest radiograph and high-resolution computed tomograph showed multiple nodules and cysts in both lung fields. Video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy revealed patchy fibrosis, cystic change, AL type amyloid deposition and mild lymphoid hyperplasia and a diagnosis of Sjögren syndrome-associated-pulmonary-disease was established.
Miyagawa
Tomoko
T
Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Himeji Medical Center.
Mochizuki
Yoshirou
Y
Nakahara
Yasuharu
Y
Kawamura
Tetsuji
T
Sasaki
Shin
S
Kobashi
Youichirou
Y
D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications*