Cryptogenic Organising Pneumonia as Main Presenting Feature of Rheumatoid Arthritis
| Autor: | Amole Andhale, Sunil Kumar, Atma Nayak, Amrutha Garikapatti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty diagnosis business.industry lcsh:R Clinical Biochemistry lcsh:Medicine General Medicine medicine.disease elderly Cryptogenic organising pneumonia Feature (computer vision) Internal medicine Rheumatoid arthritis medicine connective tissue disorders business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 13, Iss 11, Pp OD06-OD07 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2249-782X |
| DOI: | 10.7860/jcdr/2019/42779.13299 |
| Popis: | Cryptogenic Organising Pneumonia (COP) has been associated with several connective tissue disorders, but very rarely with rheumatoid arthritis. Here, the present authors report a 60-year-old female who presented with breathlessness on exertion, cough, fever, and multiple joint pains mainly of wrist and fingers as the main symptoms. On investigation, the RA factor and anti-CCP Abs were positive. She was diagnosed as COP on the basis of High Resolution Computed Tomography of thorax. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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