Pulmonary abnormalities on high-resolution computed tomography in patients with long standing rheumatoid arthritis
Background. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease, associated with a number of extra-articular organ manifestations. Pulmonary involvement is a frequent and severe extraarticular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis. RA can affect lung parenchyma, airways and pleura. Object...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Amaltea Medical Publishing House
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Romanian Journal of Rheumatology |
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| Online Access: | https://rjr.com.ro/articles/2021.1/RJR_2021_1_Art-03.pdf |
| Summary: | Background. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease, associated with a number of extra-articular organ manifestations. Pulmonary involvement is a frequent and severe extraarticular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis. RA can affect lung parenchyma, airways and pleura.
Objectives. To identify RA-related lung disease on chest computed tomography (CT).
Material and methods. We performed high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) on a total of 92 patients with longstanding RA.
Results. The subjects were predominantely female (79.3%), the age at entry was 63.77 ±11.56 years, and 42.9% had a history of smoking. Disease duration was 15.00±11.55 years. Pulmonary CT abnormalities were found in 71 of the 92 patients (77.2%). The most common HRCT anomalies were: linear attenuation (reticulation) (52.11%), bronchiectasis andbronchial wall thickening (45%), nodular attenuation (39.43%) and pleural involvement (pleural
effusion or thickening) (39.43%).
Conclusions. We conclude that RA-related lung disease was commonly detected on chest CT imaging in longstanding RA patients |
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| ISSN: | 1843-0791 2069-6086 |