TY - JOUR T1 - Pulmonary Infarctions Due to Bilateral Pulmonary Arterial Thrombosis in a Lupus Patient with Antiphospholipid Syndrome JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 2064 LP - 2065 VL - 35 IS - 10 AU - CHIA-TSE WENG AU - LILI CHENG AU - CHRONG-REEN WANG Y1 - 2008/10/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/35/10/2064.abstract N2 - A 33-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) had serial high titers of IgG isotype anticardiolipin and anti-β2-glycoprotein I antibodies. She had low-grade fever for 1 week and presented to the Emergency Department with acute left chest pain. Initial chest radiograph showed a patchy infiltration over the peripheral left lower lung field, and empiric antibiotics were administered under suspicion of pneumonia. However, a new patch soon developed over the right lower peripheral lung field, with accompanying right chest pain. She was transferred to the intensive care unit, where contrast medium-enhanced chest computed tomography (CT) disclosed filling defects within bilateral inferior… ER -