Interstitial Lung Disease of the UIP Variant as the Only Presenting Symptom of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joint Authors
Thyagarajan, Brag
Ceniza, Sidney
Hasan Yusuf, Syed
Agrawal, Abhinav
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-06-07
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease primarily manifesting with symptoms of joint pain.
It also involves multiple organ systems in the body, including the lungs.
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the most common form of pulmonary involvement in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Without the typical symptoms such as chronic joint pain, establishing the diagnosis of RA could be quite challenging and a high index of suspicion is thereby required to diagnose ILD in patients with RA, thereby delaying treatment and increasing morbidity and mortality.
We report a case of a 67-year-old Hispanic male with no previous history of rheumatoid arthritis or symptoms of typical joint pain who comes to the hospital only with the chief complaints of progressive worsening of shortness of breath for a duration of 6 months and was eventually diagnosed with ILD of the usual interstitial pneumonia variant with serologies positive for rheumatoid arthritis.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Agrawal, Abhinav& Thyagarajan, Brag& Ceniza, Sidney& Hasan Yusuf, Syed. 2015. Interstitial Lung Disease of the UIP Variant as the Only Presenting Symptom of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Case Reports in Pulmonology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Agrawal, Abhinav…[et al.]. Interstitial Lung Disease of the UIP Variant as the Only Presenting Symptom of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Case Reports in Pulmonology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Agrawal, Abhinav& Thyagarajan, Brag& Ceniza, Sidney& Hasan Yusuf, Syed. Interstitial Lung Disease of the UIP Variant as the Only Presenting Symptom of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Case Reports in Pulmonology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059858
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1059858