[X-ray characterization of changes of the lungs in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis].
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.
Shalabasov
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Sukhareva
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Fisher
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D000293:Adolescent; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography
Rentgenologicheskaia kharakteristika izmeneniĭ v legkikh pri iuvenil'nom revmatoidnom artrite.