Current Landscape of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis

Sep 28, 2017 by in RHEUMATOLOGY Comments Off on Current Landscape of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis

This article provides an update on the diagnosis and management of the antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides, granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Wegener), microscopic polyangiitis, and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly…

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Pulmonary Vasculitis

Sep 28, 2017 by in RHEUMATOLOGY Comments Off on Pulmonary Vasculitis

Pulmonary vasculitis encompasses inflammation in the pulmonary vasculature with involved vessels varying in caliber from large elastic arteries to capillaries. Small pulmonary capillaries are the vessels most commonly involved in…

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Pulmonary Manifestations of Sjögren Syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, and Mixed Connective Tissue Disease

Sep 28, 2017 by in RHEUMATOLOGY Comments Off on Pulmonary Manifestations of Sjögren Syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, and Mixed Connective Tissue Disease

Interstitial lung disease is a common and often life-threatening manifestation of different connective tissue disorders, often affecting its overall prognosis. Systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren syndrome, and mixed connective tissue disease,…

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Pulmonary Complications of Inflammatory Myopathy

Sep 28, 2017 by in RHEUMATOLOGY Comments Off on Pulmonary Complications of Inflammatory Myopathy

Pulmonary complications cause significant morbidity and mortality in the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Advances in biomarker discovery have facilitated clinical phenotyping, allowing investigators to better define at-risk patient subsets and to…

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Interstitial Lung Disease in Scleroderma

Sep 28, 2017 by in RHEUMATOLOGY Comments Off on Interstitial Lung Disease in Scleroderma

Systemic sclerosis is a heterogeneous disease of unknown etiology with limited effective therapies. It is characterized by autoimmunity, vasculopathy, and fibrosis and is clinically manifested by multiorgan involvement. Interstitial lung…

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Lung Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Sep 28, 2017 by in RHEUMATOLOGY Comments Off on Lung Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects approximately 1% of the US population frequently has extra-articular manifestations. Most compartments of the lung are susceptible to disease. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) and airways disease…

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