Journal Article

Organising pneumonia in Rhupus syndrome

Vimala, Leena Robinson, Das, Sohini, Gutta, Smitesh, Kodiatte, Thomas Alex

2019

Overview

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is seen in 17% of patients with Rhupus syndrome. Organising pneumonia (OP), a subtype of connective tissue disease-associated ILD, is rare but associated with good outcomes. Here, we present a patient with Rhupus who developed OP.

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• Subject: Alopecia / Anemia / Anti-Inflammatory Agents - administration & dosage / Anti-Inflammatory Agents - therapeutic use / Antirheumatic Agents - administration & dosage / Antirheumatic Agents - therapeutic use / Arthritis - etiology / Baldness / Case reports / Cough - etiology / Dehydrogenases / Diagnosis, Differential / Drug Therapy, Combination / Dyspnea / Female / Fever - etiology / Humans / Hydroxychloroquine - administration & dosage / Hydroxychloroquine - therapeutic use / intersitial lung disease / Lung diseases / Lung Diseases, Interstitial - complications / Lung Diseases, Interstitial - diagnosis / Lung Diseases, Interstitial - diagnostic imaging / Lung Diseases, Interstitial - drug therapy / Lupus / Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - complications / Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - diagnosis / Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - diagnostic imaging / Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - drug therapy / Lymphatic system / Medical imaging / Middle Aged / organising pneumonia / Patients / Pneumonia / Prednisolone - administration & dosage / Prednisolone - therapeutic use / Rare Disease / Rheumatoid arthritis / rhupus / Syndrome / systemic lupus erythematosis / Thorax / Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Tuberculosis