X-ray characterization of changes of the lungs in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Shalabasov, B.A.; Sukhareva, G.E.; Fisher, A.E.
Vestnik Rentgenologii i Radiologii 3: 28-32
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4676 PMID: 2800310 Document Number: 342271
The results of chest x-ray were analyzed in 66 pediatric patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). X-ray signs of pneumofibrosis were revealed in 37 (56%) patients. Besides, rare pulmonary changes (emphysema, rheumatic nodules, infiltrates) were detected in the JRA patients. The absence of clinical symptoms in the presence of x-ray changes necessitates the performance of chest x-ray in JRA for early detection of the pulmonary symptoms of this disease.