Doença pulmonar intersticial como manifestação isolada de sindrome anti-sinteta...

• Autor(es): Monteiro, P ; Coutinho, M ; Machado, P ; Garcia, J ; Salvador, MJ ; Inês, L ; Silva, J ; Malcata, AB
• Data: 2009
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/519
• Origem: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Assunto(s): Doença Pulmonar Intersticial
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo
• Idioma: Português

Descrição

The authors report a clinical case of a woman who had a 3 years diagnosis of hipersensitivity pneumonitis based on intersticial lung disease whithout other manifestations. The diagnosis of antisynthetase syndrome was made three years after the initial symptoms upon the onset of systemic manifestations with articular involvement, myositis and determination of anti-PL 7 antibodies. In this syndrome, the isolated pulmonary involvement is rare.