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Spontaneous pneumothorax: an unusual presentation of rheumatoid arthritis |
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| Authors: | Saravana S Gillott T Abourawi F Peters M Campbell A Griffith S |
| Affiliation: | Department of Rheumatology, Department of Endocrinology and Department of Pathology, Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby DN33 2BA, UK, Department of Cellular Pathology, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, UK |
| Abstract: | SIR, We read with interest the article by Gotsman et al. [1]describing a case of spontaneous pneumothorax in a rheumatoidarthritis (RA) patient treated with methotrexate. Spontaneouspneumothorax secondary to pulmonary rheumatoid nodules is anuncommon complication of RA. Cases described so far have beenmale patients with longstanding RA [2]. We describe a femalepatient |
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