Case Reports
June 30, 2005
Vol. 63 No. 2 (2005): Pulmonary series
https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2005.648

Pulmonary involvement in systemic sclerosis due to therapy and as a complication

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Systemic sclerosis, bronchiolitis, penicillamine, pulmonary hypertension
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F. Chiappini
fabrizio.chiappini@fastwebnet.it
Divisione di Pneumologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
A. Zoli
Divisione di Reumatologia,, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
L. Maugeri
Divisione di Pneumologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
(SS), similar to other connective tissue diseases. Sometimes lung disease may be a side effect of antirheumathic drugs. We report a case of a patient affected by SS, with isolated pulmonary hypertension, who developed bronchiolitis secondary to penicillamine. The latter was treated by withdraw of the drug without increasing the steroids. After one month, the patient’s clinical conditions appeared improved.

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“Pulmonary Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis Due to Therapy and As a Complication”. 2005. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 63 (2). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2005.648.