[Pulmonary fibrosis in ankylosing spondylitis. Five new cases (author's transl)].
The most common thoracic finding in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is ankylosis of the costovertebral joints with severe limitation of chest expansion inducing a restrictive syndrome pleural and pulmonary fibrosis can occur during the course of the disease. One-hundred record of patients with AS were reviewed. Five had pleuro-pulmonary involvement. This always included pachypleuritis, usually apical. Roentgenographic pulmonary changes were infiltrates or fibrobullous lesions. Pulmonary function tests showed restriction in four cases, obstruction in one case, and a decreased diffusing capacity in all five cases.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology
Fibrose pulmonaire et pelvispondylite rhumatismale. A propos de cinq cas.