Fatal acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia in a child with juvenile dermatomyositis.

Prahalad, Sampath; Bohnsack, John F; Maloney, Christopher G; Leslie, Kevin O · J Pediatr · 2005

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia, a recently described form of diffuse acute lung injury, sometimes affects adults with inflammatory myopathy. We describe a child with juvenile dermatomyositis who had development of acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia. There does not appear to be a successful method of treatment, particularly in severe cases with respiratory failure.

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