Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3419667 | Revue de Pneumologie Clinique | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Lung disease is the most frequent extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis. It is detected in nearly 50% of patients with this multisystem affection, his knowledge has benefited from advances in computed tomography (CT). The inflammation can affect the pleura, the airways and the lung parenchyma. Intrathoracic lymphadenopathy complicating rheumatoid lung are not usual, and then pose the problem of differential diagnosis. We report a 51-year-old man, with a history of tobacco intoxication, suffering from rheumatoid arthritis who developed an interstitial lung disease at stage of fibrosis with mediastinal and hilar adenopathy. We will discuss the clinical, paraclinical, evolutionary and therapeutic particularities case.
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Authors
N. Khammassi, A. Bayouth, H. Abdelhedi, I. Balhouane, I. Hergli, O. Cherif,