1
Department of Respiratory, Research Unit 12SP06, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, El Manar Tunis University, Rabta hospital, Tunisia.
2
Department of Respiratory, Research Unit 12SP06, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, El Manar Tunis University, Rabta hospital, Tunisia
Abstract
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.
Toujani,S. , Mansour,A. B. , Mjid,M. , Hedhli,A. , Cherif,J. , Ouahchy,Y. and Beji,M. (2017). Acute Respiratory Failure as the First Manifestation of Antisynthetase Syndrome. TANAFFOS (Respiration), 16(1), 76-79.
MLA
Toujani,S. , , Mansour,A. B. , , Mjid,M. , , Hedhli,A. , , Cherif,J. , , Ouahchy,Y. , and Beji,M. . "Acute Respiratory Failure as the First Manifestation of Antisynthetase Syndrome", TANAFFOS (Respiration), 16, 1, 2017, 76-79.
HARVARD
Toujani S., Mansour A. B., Mjid M., Hedhli A., Cherif J., Ouahchy Y., Beji M. (2017). 'Acute Respiratory Failure as the First Manifestation of Antisynthetase Syndrome', TANAFFOS (Respiration), 16(1), pp. 76-79.
CHICAGO
S. Toujani, A. B. Mansour, M. Mjid, A. Hedhli, J. Cherif, Y. Ouahchy and M. Beji, "Acute Respiratory Failure as the First Manifestation of Antisynthetase Syndrome," TANAFFOS (Respiration), 16 1 (2017): 76-79,
VANCOUVER
Toujani S., Mansour A. B., Mjid M., Hedhli A., Cherif J., Ouahchy Y., Beji M. Acute Respiratory Failure as the First Manifestation of Antisynthetase Syndrome. TANAFFOS (Respiration), 2017; 16(1): 76-79.
