Acute lung involvement in RA is not always ILD

Autor: Chandrashekara S, Devaraj Kori, Ramkrishna Giri, Shivaputrappa Chandrakant Ghanti, Bharath Raj
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Internet Journal of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology. 7
ISSN: 2320-7221
DOI: 10.15305/ijrci/v7i1/291
Popis: Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic inflammatory disorder with diverse extra-articular manifestations including vasculitis, lung disease, inflammatory eye disease and subcutaneous nodule formation. Among these manifestations, lung disease has been identified as a primary contributor of morbidity and mortality. The predominance of non-specific interstitial pneumonia pattern has been observed in most forms of connective tissue-associated ILD. Studies have demonstrated that the usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern is more prevalent among patients with RA-associated ILD. The extra-articular manifestations have been noted in nearly 50% of the patients, and the lung involvement in majority of the cases.8, 9 This study details the occurrence of lung involvement of viral etiology in RA, which could be misdiagnosed as RA-associated ILD.
Databáze: OpenAIRE