Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonitis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | Zendy

Faranak Esmaeilbeigi | Zendy; S. Juvet | Zendy; David Hwang | Zendy; Shikha Mittoo | Zendy

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Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonitis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Author(s) -

Faranak Esmaeilbeigi,

S. Juvet,

David Hwang,

Shikha Mittoo

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

canadian respiratory journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1916-7245

pISSN - 1198-2241

DOI - 10.1155/2012/129403

Subject(s) - medicine , interstitial lung disease , context (archaeology) , usual interstitial pneumonia , dermatology , lung biopsy , presentation (obstetrics) , lupus erythematosus , interstitial pneumonitis , pathology , lung , biopsy , radiology , respiratory disease , immunology , paleontology , antibody , biology

Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) is a rare form of interstitial lung disease (ILD) commonly found among healthy smokers. ILD is a rare manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and typically associated with a histopathological pattern of nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP). The present article describes an unusual case of DIP in a nonsmoking patient with SLE presenting as NSIP. DIP can occur in the context of SLE in patients with a negative smoking history, and clinicians should consider lung biopsy to correctly classify ILD with unusual presentation on computed tomography scan.

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