TY - JOUR ID - 242183 TI - Acute Respiratory Failure as the First Manifestation of Antisynthetase Syndrome JO - TANAFFOS (Respiration) JA - RSPR LA - en SN - 1735-0344 AU - Toujani, Sonia AU - Mansour, Amani Ben AU - Mjid, Meriem AU - Hedhli, Abir AU - Cherif, Jouda AU - Ouahchy, Yassine AU - Beji, Majed AD - Department of Respiratory, Research Unit 12SP06, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, El Manar Tunis University, Rabta hospital, Tunisia. AD - Department of Respiratory, Research Unit 12SP06, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, El Manar Tunis University, Rabta hospital, Tunisia Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 16 IS - 1 SP - 76 EP - 79 KW - Antisynthetase syndrome KW - Respiratory failure KW - Interstitial lung disease DO - N2 - We report the case of a 40-year-old man with acute respiratory failure syndrome that later proved to be an initial manifestation of antisynthetase syndrome. The diagnosis of this rare combination of a connective tissue disease and an acute respiratory failure is difficult in a previously asymptomatic patient. Early diagnosis and immunosuppressive therapy started precociously prevented the disease progression and resulted in a good outcome. UR - https://www.tanaffosjournal.ir/article_242183.html L1 - https://www.tanaffosjournal.ir/article_242183_4d31b620c51736caf5612476edcea47b.pdf ER -