Rheumatoid Pneumonitis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

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  • Kimura C.
    Dept. of Orthop. Surg. Kumamoto Univ. Med. Sch.
  • Shimizu C.
    Dept. of Orthop. Surg. Kumamoto Univ. Med. Sch.
  • Imai K.
    Dept. of Orthop. Surg. Kumamoto Univ. Med. Sch.
  • Uchida T.
    Dept. of Orthop. Surg. Kumamoto Univ. Med. Sch.
  • Morita H.
    Dept. of Orthop. Surg. Kumamoto Univ. Med. Sch.
  • Nozute H.
    Dept. of 1st Int. Med. Kumamoto Univ. Med. Sch.

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  • 関節リウマチ治療中に経験せるリウマチ性肺臓炎

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Pulmonary disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis or collagen diseases were noted recently in Japan.<br>Three cases with rheumatoid pneumonitis were reported while the patients with rheumatoid arthritis was treated in our clinic. They were patients with definite or classical rheumatoid arthritis, and had a cough, dyspnea, shortness of breath and sense of a vise. The Co-relation between the stage and the appearance of rheumatoid pneumonitis was not clear. The chest film revealed the fibrosing pneumonitis or diffuse interstitial fibrosis with a strand or nodular shadow. Respiratory examination revealed low function. The treatment using corticosteroid was successful for the rheumatoid pneumonitis.

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