title: Interstitial lung disease as initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a group of disease characterized by fibrosis and scarring of the lung while Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is a multisystem disorder and both of these diseases are of unknown etiologies. Interstitial lung disease, as a presenting feature of SLE without any significant systemic involvement is a unique presentation and this case reports such example.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  interstitial lung disease; systemic lupus erythematosus.
authors.affiliation: Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi Pakistan. ashoka_pj@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shrestha
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thapa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rizvi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed