Organising pneumonia in Rhupus syndrome

BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Dec 19;12(12):e232326. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-232326.

Abstract

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is seen in 17% of patients with Rhupus syndrome. Organising pneumonia (OP), a subtype of connective tissue disease-associated ILD, is rare but associated with good outcomes. Here, we present a patient with Rhupus who developed OP.

Keywords: intersitial lung disease; organising pneumonia; rheumatoid arthritis; rhupus; systemic lupus erythematosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antirheumatic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arthritis / etiology
  • Cough / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hydroxychloroquine / administration & dosage
  • Hydroxychloroquine / therapeutic use
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / complications
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnosis*
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / drug therapy
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnosis*
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnostic imaging
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / drug therapy
  • Middle Aged
  • Prednisolone / administration & dosage
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Syndrome
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • Hydroxychloroquine
  • Prednisolone