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Rheumatoid Lung Disease, also called Rheumatoid Lung is a disease of the lung associated with rheumatoid arthritis. It is estimated that about one quarter of people with rheumatoid arthritis develop this disease, which are more likely to develop among elderly men with a history of smoking.
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Rheumatoid lung is separate from but often associated with Interstitial lung disease.
History
Rheumatoid Lung was first described in 1948, when several cases were published of patients with RA who had severe erosive joint disease and also developed an interstitial lung suggesting an association between the inflammatory joint disease and interstitial lung disease.
Signs & Symptoms
Symptoms of rheumatoid lung include, from the most common:
References
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