title: Autoimmune disease leading to pulmonary AL amyloidosis and pulmonary hypertension.
abstract: A 33-year-old woman with past history of Sjögren's syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus presented with dyspnea and syncope secondary to pulmonary hypertension. After progressive symptoms over 4 years, she received bilateral lung transplantation. Histopathology of the explanted lungs showed isolated pulmonary amyloid light-chain amyloidosis and pulmonary cysts. No evidence of systemic amyloidosis was found at the time of transplantation. Seven years post lung transplantation, she remains well with no evidence of systemic amyloidosis recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine and Anatomical Pathology, Alfred Hospital, Monash University Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Claire M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ellender
authors.affiliation: Departments of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine and Anatomical Pathology, Alfred Hospital, Monash University Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Catriona
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McLean
authors.affiliation: Departments of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine and Anatomical Pathology, Alfred Hospital, Monash University Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Trevor J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Departments of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine and Anatomical Pathology, Alfred Hospital, Monash University Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Gregory I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Snell
authors.affiliation: Departments of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine and Anatomical Pathology, Alfred Hospital, Monash University Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Helen M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Whitford
keywords: Amyloidosis; Sjögren's syndrome; pulmonary hypertension