DIFFUSE INTERSTITIAL PULMONARY FIBROSIS ASSOCIATED WITH ARTHRITIS - WITH COMMENTS ON DEFINITION OF RHEUMATOID LUNG DISEASE
- 1 January 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier
- Vol. 85 (3) , 413-+
- https://doi.org/10.1164/arrd.1962.85.3.413
Abstract
Two cases of diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis with arthritis are presented. The response of the pulmonary lesions to steroids is better correlated with the maturity of the fibroblastic process, as seen in the lung biopsy, than with duration of the disease. Rheumatoid disease occurs in about 20% of the recorded cases of diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. It is suggested that cases of diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis without arthritis be classified as Hamman-Rich syndrome. If arthritis is present, such cases should be classified as rheumatoid lung disease.Keywords
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- THE PLEURAL AND PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITISAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1959