ArticleCureus2020
Shrinking Lung Syndrome: A Rare Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- [Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases : A pattern-based approach to diagnosis].Radiologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Pulmonary Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Potentially Overlooked Condition.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Shrinking lung syndrome: vanishing in non-rapid eye movement sleep.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2023Review
- Ultrasonic Evaluation of Diaphragm in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- A rare association: Obesity hypoventilation syndrome with myasthenia gravis and systemic lupus erythematosus, case report.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2023Article
- The association of breathing pattern with exercise tolerance and perceived fatigue in women with systemic lupus erythematosus: an exploratory case-control study.Rheumatology international · 2022Article
- Clinical and radiological features of lung disorders related to connective-tissue diseases: a pictorial essay.Insights into imaging · 2022Review
- 'But you don't look sick': a qualitative analysis of the LUPUS UK online forum.Rheumatology international · 2021Observational
- Respiratory Manifestations in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Shrinking lung syndrome (SLS) is a pulmonary complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) characterized by dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, and progressive decrease in lung volumes with no evidence of pleural or interstitial disease on chest CT. We present a 51-year-old female with a 14-year history of SLE with symptoms of progressive shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pains, low grade fevers, and productive cough which was unresponsive to multiple courses of antibiotics. After careful review of her course of SLE and timeline of symptoms, she was diagnosed with SLS. Even though rare, clinicians should have a high suspicion of SLS in patients with a long-term history of SLE and worsening dyspnea. Early treatment can be initiated to help reduce long-term morbidity and mortality and maintain the quality of life.
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