Recurrent lupus pneumonitis with pulmonary hemorrhage in systemic lupus erythematosus associated with chronic thyroiditis and antithyroid hormone autoantibodies.

We describe a SLE patient with repeated lupus pneumonitis and pulmonary hemorrhage. The hemorrhagic episodes were considered to be related to thrombocytopenia and lupus pneumonitis, which have responded well to treatment with moderate doses of steroids and immunosuppressant. She was also found to be suffering from chronic thyroiditis (hypothyroidism) and was positive for anti-thyroid hormone antibodies, which have not been reported before in the SLE patients with thyroid diseases.