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ReviewSkeletal radiology2025

Review of pulmonary manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis.

Stella Chen, Susannah Kay

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Review in Skeletal radiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Stella ChenDepartment of Radiology, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, #299, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.
Susannah KayDepartment of Radiology, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, #299, Boston, MA, 02111, USA. susannah.kay@tuftsmedicine.org.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoinflammatory disorder that primarily affects joints. However, RA can involve extra-articular structures as well, including the lungs, affecting significant morbidity and mortality, though the precise mechanisms of extra-articular RA are still under investigation. Accurate diagnosis of these conditions can be challenging and requires a multidisciplinary approach. This review aims to describe proposed mechanisms of pulmonary RA and characterize common, clinically relevant pulmonary manifestations of RA, including parenchymal disease (interstitial lung disease and multiple pulmonary nodules), small and large airway involvement, and pleural effusions. In particular, CT imaging may reveal developing pulmonary disease before clinical symptoms present, revealing the importance of maintaining a high degree of suspicion for RA-related pulmonary disease.

Indexed as

Arthritis, RheumatoidLung DiseasesTomography, X-Ray ComputedDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansLung Diseases, InterstitialInterstitial lung diseasePneumoniaPulmonary manifestationRheumatoid arthritis

Identifiers

PMID40382507

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