Mixed connective tissue disease presenting as a left sided pleural effusion.
Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) usually occurs in women aged 13-50 years. Pleural effusion is rarely the presenting feature of this disease. The case is reported here of a male patient with MCTD who presented at the age of 79 years with a left sided pleural effusion.
Ilan
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Y
Department of Medicine A, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Ben-Yehuda
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A
Okon
E
E
Breuer
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R
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008947:Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography