Abstract
Pulmonary involvement in collagen vascular diseases is extremely common. It is usually seen in the well described dyscollagenoses and in mixed connective tissue diseases (MCTD). However, there is a lesser known entity called Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (UCTD) which can also involve the lung. We herein present a case of a young man who was detected to have lung involvement secondary to UCTD.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Connective Tissue Diseases / complications*
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Connective Tissue Diseases / diagnosis*
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Connective Tissue Diseases / drug therapy
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Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
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Humans
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Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias / diagnosis*
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Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias / drug therapy
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Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias / etiology*
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Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
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Male
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Methotrexate / therapeutic use
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Pneumonia, Lipid / diagnosis*
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Pneumonia, Lipid / drug therapy
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Pneumonia, Lipid / etiology*
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Prednisolone / therapeutic use
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Radiography, Thoracic
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Treatment Outcome
Substances
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Glucocorticoids
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Immunosuppressive Agents
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Prednisolone
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Methotrexate