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1: Curr Drug Targets Inflamm Allergy. 2004 Dec;3(4):441-7.Click here to read Links

Pleural involvement in systemic disorders.

Aiello M, Chetta A, Marangio E, Zompatori M, Olivieri D.

Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Respiratory Diseases, University of Parma, Parma, Italy. mar.aiello@libero.it

The collagen vascular diseases are a heterogeneous group of immunologically-mediated inflammatory disorders. Frequently, these diseases affect organ systems outside the thorax as their primary manifestation, but may involve the pleura as a single presenting feature, as part of multisystem involvement, or as an isolated manifestation of a disease that is otherwise quiescent. In this article, we review the manifestations of respiratory disease caused by rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, polymyositis/dermatomyositis, mixed connective tissue disease, Sjogren's syndrome, Wegener's granulomatosis, and sarcoidosis.

PMID: 15584892 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]