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Here's another #Pulmonary teaching case: #FOAMed
A middle aged woman presents with many months of pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea. PFTs and CXR are shown (current CXR on right, prior from 5 yrs ago on left). DLCO is normal. HRCT shows no parenchymal lung disease.
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A middle aged woman presents with many months of pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea. PFTs and CXR are shown (current CXR on right, prior from 5 yrs ago on left). DLCO is normal. HRCT shows no parenchymal lung disease.
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Which of the following co-morbid conditions might explain the abnormal CXR and PFT findings:
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Shrinking Lung Syndrome (SLS) is a rare complication of SLE or occasionally other #autoimmune/#rheumatologic conditions.
SLS is characterized by a triad of dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, & progressive decrease in lung volumes w/o interstitial disease.
Here are her serologies
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SLS is characterized by a triad of dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, & progressive decrease in lung volumes w/o interstitial disease.
Here are her serologies
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