RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Massive cavitary pulmonary rheumatoid nodules in a patient with HIV
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP 872
OP 874
DO 10.1183/09031936.06.00144105
VO 28
IS 4
A1 N. Khazeni
A1 R. J. Homer
A1 A. N. Rubinowitz
A1 G. L. Chupp
YR 2006
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/28/4/872.abstract
AB The case of a 52-yr-old female with rheumatoid arthritis and HIV who developed massive, progressive, cavitary pulmonary nodules is described. Multiple diagnostic bronchoscopies and lung biopsies failed to demonstrate the presence of any microorganisms. Pathological analysis showed palisading histiocytes with necrobiosis consistent with rheumatoid nodules. The effect of co-existing HIV infection on the course and prognosis of rheumatoid arthritis is discussed, and it is concluded that the complex relationship between these two disease processes warrants further investigation.