Pulmonary hemorrhage, due to rupture of small muscular arteries, in an autopsy case of systemic lupus erythematosus with antiphospholipid antibodies

Vol.18 No.5

Letter

Pulmonary hemorrhage, due to rupture of small muscular arteries, in an autopsy case of systemic lupus erythematosus with antiphospholipid antibodies

Authors

Izaya Nakaya¹ , Tadashi Toyama¹ , Akio Uchiyama² , Atsuo Miwa² , Masahiko Kawabata¹ , Masahide Yamazaki³ , Hiroyuki Iida¹

Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-2-78, Nishinagae, Toyama, 930-8550, Japan
Department of Pathology, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Toyama, Japan
Department of Cellular Transplantation Biology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan

Received:

6 November 2007

Accepted:

19 April 2008

Published online:

17 July 2008

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Key words

Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage - Anti-PS/PT-IgG antibody - Lupus nephritis - Plasmapheresis