Open AccessManifestation of severe pneumonia in anti-PL-7 antisynthetase syndrome and B cell lymphoma: A case report
Author(s) -
Xuan-Li Xu,
Ru-Hui Zhang,
Yuehong Wang,
Jianying Zhang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i22.6435
Subject(s) - antisynthetase syndrome , medicine , pneumonia , lymphoma , dermatology , pathology , lung , interstitial lung disease
Antisynthetase syndrome (ASS) is characterized by the presence of antisynthetase antibodies coupled with clinical findings such as fever, polymyositis-dermatomyositis and interstitial lung disease. It is, however, rare to observe ASS association with B cell lymphoma presenting severe pneumonia as the first clinical manifestation.