Pulmonary involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: multidetector computed tomography findings.

CONCLUSION: Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with a high frequency of CT findings and CT patterns, with nodules and pleural thickening being the most common CT findings and FB and ND being the most common CT patterns. MDCT identification of patients with RA may be helpful in the evaluation of pulmonary disease, even in patients without symptoms and PFT abnormalities.
PMID: 23873887 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Acta Radiologica - July 19, 2013 Category: Radiology Authors: Yuksekkaya R, Celikyay F, Yilmaz A, Arslan S, Inanir A, Inonu H, Deniz C Tags: Acta Radiol Source Type: research