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Review
. 1993 Aug;23(1):70-8.
doi: 10.1016/s0049-0172(05)80027-7.

Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia and rheumatoid arthritis

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Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia and rheumatoid arthritis

J A Ippolito et al. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 1993 Aug.

Abstract

The case of a 68-year-old woman who presented with dyspnea and upper lobe pulmonary infiltrates and shortly thereafter developed seropositive, erosive polyarticular rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is presented. An open-lung biopsy to evaluate progression of infiltrates showed bronchiolitis obliterans-organizing pneumonia (BOOP). Both lung and articular disease responded rapidly to corticosteroid therapy. Interrelationships between BOOP, bronchiolitis obliterans, and interstitial fibrosis with connective tissue disease are discussed.

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