Rheumatoid arthritis with bloody and cholesterol pleural effusion.
We describe a case of rheumatoid arthritis complicated by unilateral adhesive pleurisy and associated with bloody and cholesterol effusion in a 47-year-old man. Our case emphasizes that the diagnostician needs to consider rheumatoid disease in a differential diagnosis of bloody pleural effusion in patients with associated joint disease. Adequate histologic confirmation of the underlying pathology is required for definite diagnosis.
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002784:Cholesterol; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
D002784:Cholesterol