“ May develop at any point in relation to the joint disease. Typically affects patients who are positive for rheumatoid factor. The chest is...
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May develop at any point in relation to the joint disease. Typically affects patients who are positive for rheumatoid factor. The chest is more likely to be affected in male patients with rheumatoid.
• Most have a unilateral pleural effusion.
• Bilateral pleural thickening is also common.
• Lower zone volume loss/fibrosis.
HRCT
• The most common interstitial patterns are UIP and NSIP.
• Nodules (less than 7 cm) may cavitate and be multiple; however, this is rare.
- tend to be located in the periphery of the upper and middle zones
- Appear and regress
• A third have bronchial abnormalities—bronchiectasis and bronchiolitis obliterans.
• Check for evidence of pulmonary arterial hypertension and heart failure.
• Check for evidence of pulmonary arterial hypertension and heart failure.
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