Case Report

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 and Hiroyuki Iida¹

1. Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-2-78, Nishinagae, Toyama 930-8550, Japan
2. Department of Pathology, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Toyama, Japan
3. 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