title: The lung in the spectrum of antiphospholipid syndrome.
abstract: Patients with antiphospholipid syndrome may develop various lung manifestations. The lung complications that have been described so far are pulmonary thromboembolic disease, pulmonary hypertension, acute respiratory distress syndrome, primary thrombosis of large and small lung vessels, diffuse alveolar haemorrhage, fibrosing alveolitis and postpartum syndrome. Clinicians should be aware of these conditions as in most of these cases, timely diagnosis and treatment is needed.
authors: First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Greece. meletis_kanakis@yahoo.gr
authors: Meletios A
authors: MA
authors: Kanakis
authors: Violetta
authors: V
authors: Kapsimali
authors: Aristides G
authors: AG
authors: Vaiopoulos
authors: George A
authors: GA
authors: Vaiopoulos
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Samarkos
mesh_terms: D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology