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Progressive Pulmonary Fibrocystic Changes of Both Upper Lungs in a Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory multisystem disease that primarily affects the axial joints. Pleuropulmonary involvement is an uncommon extra-articular manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis. There is a wide spectrum of pulmonary parenchymal changes in ankylosing spondylitis, begin...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4620352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26508946 http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2015.78.4.459 |
Sumario: | Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory multisystem disease that primarily affects the axial joints. Pleuropulmonary involvement is an uncommon extra-articular manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis. There is a wide spectrum of pulmonary parenchymal changes in ankylosing spondylitis, beginning in the early stages of the disease and increasing over time. The lesions are usually asymptomatic, and not visible on chest radiographs in early stages. We reported a case of advanced ankylosing spondylitis in a 56-year-old man with progressive pulmonary bullous fibrocystic changes on both upper lobes that were misdiagnosed as tuberculosis in the early stages of the disease. |
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