TY - JOUR
T1 - Case report
T2 - Recurrent pneumothorax in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
AU - Adelman, H. M.
AU - Dupont, E. L.
AU - Flannery, M. T.
AU - Wallach, P. M.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - Rheumatoid arthritis is a multisystem disease. Pulmonary manifestations and complications include pleural disease, pulmonary infections, pneumonitis and interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, bronchogenic carcinoma, arteritis with pulmonary hypertension, obliterative bronchiolitis, bronchiectasis, and amyloidosis. Pulmonary rheumatoid nodules, including rheumatoid pneumoconiosis (Caplan's Syndrome), can result in spontaneous pneumothorax. In this article, the authors present a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax. Through investigation, a bronchopleural fistula caused by a rheumatoid nodule was revealed. The authors also discuss the potential pitfalls caused by a lung nodule in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis, including the overlap with bronchogenic carcinoma and confusion with tuberculosis.
AB - Rheumatoid arthritis is a multisystem disease. Pulmonary manifestations and complications include pleural disease, pulmonary infections, pneumonitis and interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, bronchogenic carcinoma, arteritis with pulmonary hypertension, obliterative bronchiolitis, bronchiectasis, and amyloidosis. Pulmonary rheumatoid nodules, including rheumatoid pneumoconiosis (Caplan's Syndrome), can result in spontaneous pneumothorax. In this article, the authors present a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax. Through investigation, a bronchopleural fistula caused by a rheumatoid nodule was revealed. The authors also discuss the potential pitfalls caused by a lung nodule in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis, including the overlap with bronchogenic carcinoma and confusion with tuberculosis.
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U2 - 10.1097/00000441-199409000-00009
DO - 10.1097/00000441-199409000-00009
M3 - Article
C2 - 8074134
AN - SCOPUS:0027967932
SN - 0002-9629
VL - 308
SP - 171
EP - 172
JO - American Journal of the Medical Sciences
JF - American Journal of the Medical Sciences
IS - 3
ER -