Multiple pulmonary rheumatoid nodules
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Multiple pulmonary rheumatoid nodules
We present a case of 45-year-old female patient with the diagnosis of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis, who was admitted to our rheumatology department with exacerbation of the disease. The patient's disease activity score (DAS 28) was 6.9. Physical examination revealed changes in the lung auscultation as a rough breathing sound at the middle and lower lobe of the right lung. Chest X-ray revea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Reumatologia/Rheumatology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0034-6233
DOI: 10.5114/reum.2015.55831