Pulmonary hypertension in SLE : a case report

الملخص EN

Pulmonary Hypertension has been diagnosed in a young lady with Systemie Lupus Erythromatosus (SLE) using Doppler Eehocardiography study.

Despite the absence 0؛■ active clinical and laboratory lupus signs, the course of her pulmonary Hypertension was rapidly fatal with no response to vasodilator therapy.

This is the first reported case in Bahrain as shown by reviewing Salmaniya Medical Complex records of the all one hundred and ten SLE patients until the 31st of April 1998 .

The case history, the incidence, pathogenesis, treatment modalities and the prognosis of that SLE complication are discussed.