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Ultrasonographic Presentation and Anatomic Distribution of Lung Involvement in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic auto-immune disease, typically affecting the joints, which can also present with lung involvement (pleuritis, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary nodules, etc.). Lung ultrasound (LUS) is an upcoming tool in the detection of these pulmonary manifest...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10529908/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37761353 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13182986 |
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author | Vermant, Marie Kalkanis, Alexandros Goos, Tinne Cypers, Heleen De Crem, Nico Neerinckx, Barbara Taelman, Veerle Verschueren, Patrick Wuyts, Wim A. |
author_facet | Vermant, Marie Kalkanis, Alexandros Goos, Tinne Cypers, Heleen De Crem, Nico Neerinckx, Barbara Taelman, Veerle Verschueren, Patrick Wuyts, Wim A. |
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description | Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic auto-immune disease, typically affecting the joints, which can also present with lung involvement (pleuritis, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary nodules, etc.). Lung ultrasound (LUS) is an upcoming tool in the detection of these pulmonary manifestations. Methods: We performed a 72-window LUS in 75 patients presenting to the outpatient rheumatology clinic and describe the abnormalities (presence of B-lines (vertical comet-tail artefacts), pleural abnormalities, pleural effusions, and subpleural nodules) on lung ultrasound. We created a topological mapping of the number of B-lines per intercostal zone. Results: We observed pleural effusions, pleural abnormalities, and pleural nodules in, respectively, 1.3%, 45.3%, and 14% of patients. There were 35 (46.7%) patients who had less than 5 B-lines, 15 (20%) patients who had between 5 and 10 B-lines, 11 (14.6%) between 10 and 20, 10 (13.3%) between 20 and 50, 1 (1.3%) between 50 and 100, and 3 (4%) of patients who had more than 100 B-lines. Conclusions: LUS in patients with RA shows an array of abnormalities ranging from interstitial syndromes to pleural abnormalities, subpleural nodules, and pleural effusions. Hotspots for the presence of B-lines are situated bilaterally in the posterior subscapular regions, as well as the anterior right mid-clavicular region. |
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spelling | pubmed-105299082023-09-28 Ultrasonographic Presentation and Anatomic Distribution of Lung Involvement in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Vermant, Marie Kalkanis, Alexandros Goos, Tinne Cypers, Heleen De Crem, Nico Neerinckx, Barbara Taelman, Veerle Verschueren, Patrick Wuyts, Wim A. Diagnostics (Basel) Article Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic auto-immune disease, typically affecting the joints, which can also present with lung involvement (pleuritis, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary nodules, etc.). Lung ultrasound (LUS) is an upcoming tool in the detection of these pulmonary manifestations. Methods: We performed a 72-window LUS in 75 patients presenting to the outpatient rheumatology clinic and describe the abnormalities (presence of B-lines (vertical comet-tail artefacts), pleural abnormalities, pleural effusions, and subpleural nodules) on lung ultrasound. We created a topological mapping of the number of B-lines per intercostal zone. Results: We observed pleural effusions, pleural abnormalities, and pleural nodules in, respectively, 1.3%, 45.3%, and 14% of patients. There were 35 (46.7%) patients who had less than 5 B-lines, 15 (20%) patients who had between 5 and 10 B-lines, 11 (14.6%) between 10 and 20, 10 (13.3%) between 20 and 50, 1 (1.3%) between 50 and 100, and 3 (4%) of patients who had more than 100 B-lines. Conclusions: LUS in patients with RA shows an array of abnormalities ranging from interstitial syndromes to pleural abnormalities, subpleural nodules, and pleural effusions. Hotspots for the presence of B-lines are situated bilaterally in the posterior subscapular regions, as well as the anterior right mid-clavicular region. MDPI 2023-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10529908/ /pubmed/37761353 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13182986 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Vermant, Marie Kalkanis, Alexandros Goos, Tinne Cypers, Heleen De Crem, Nico Neerinckx, Barbara Taelman, Veerle Verschueren, Patrick Wuyts, Wim A. Ultrasonographic Presentation and Anatomic Distribution of Lung Involvement in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
title | Ultrasonographic Presentation and Anatomic Distribution of Lung Involvement in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
title_full | Ultrasonographic Presentation and Anatomic Distribution of Lung Involvement in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
title_fullStr | Ultrasonographic Presentation and Anatomic Distribution of Lung Involvement in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
title_full_unstemmed | Ultrasonographic Presentation and Anatomic Distribution of Lung Involvement in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
title_short | Ultrasonographic Presentation and Anatomic Distribution of Lung Involvement in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
title_sort | ultrasonographic presentation and anatomic distribution of lung involvement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10529908/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37761353 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13182986 |
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