%0 Journal Article
%T Acute Respiratory Failure as the First Manifestation of Antisynthetase Syndrome
%A Abir Hedhli
%A Amani Ben Mansour
%A Jouda Cherif
%A Majed Beji
%A Meriem Mjid
%A Sonia Toujani
%A Yassine Ouahchy
%J Archive of "Tanaffos".
%D 2017
%X 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
%K Antisynthetase syndrome
%K Respiratory failure
%K Interstitial lung disease
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5473386/