Aakash Roy
India
Commentary
Lupus Pneumonitis Masquerading as Pulmonary Tuberculosis - A Case Study
Author(s): Prasanta Kumar Bhattacharya, Aakash Roy, Md Jamil, Monaliza Lyngdoh and Kishore Kumar TalukdarPrasanta Kumar Bhattacharya, Aakash Roy, Md Jamil, Monaliza Lyngdoh and Kishore Kumar Talukdar
Introduction: Systemic Lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by production of antibodies against various cellular antigens derived from nucleus, cytoplasm and cell membrane. Pulmonary manifestations of SLE can include a wide spectrum of diseases such as pleuritis, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, pneumothorax and pulmonary haemorrhage. Acute lupus pneumonitis may mimic tuberculosis or other acute infectious pneumonia and the incidence varies from 0.9% to 11.7%. We report a case of lupus pneumonitis in a case of SLE mimicking pulmonary tuberculosis.
Case: An 18 year old girl presented with history cough with expectoration with occasional haemoptysis. She also had history of fever, swelling of hands and feet along with hair loss. On examination she was febrile and dyspneic, with moderate to severe anaemia, tachycardia, tachypnoea, and coars.. View More»
