Shrinking lung syndrome

Upper airway obstruction Epiglottitis and laryngitis Cricoar5ftenoid arthritis Bronchiectasis Bronchiolitis obliterans Shrinking lung syndrome Diaphragmatic dysfunction Pulmonary vascular disease Thromboembolic disease Pulmonary arterial hypertension Mediastinal and axillary lymphadenopathy... 

Warrington KJ, Moder KG, Brutinel WM. The shrinking lungs syndrome in systemic lupus er5fthematosus. Mayo Chn Proc 2000 75(5) 467 72. 

The shrinking or vanishing lung syndrome is defined by low limg volumes and reduction in maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) and maximal expiratory pressures (MEP), in the absence of other thoracic manifestations of SLE. The clinical syndrome usually presents after other manifestations of SLE have been present for some time. A review of 49 cases showed that only one-third of cases had a proven myopathy (37). A high incidence of Sjogren s Syndrome A (SSA) antibodies has been noted. 

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