title: [Pleural and pulmonary changes within the scope of rheumatoid arthritis].
abstract: Pulmonary complications caused by rheumatoid arthritis are a clinically relevant aspect of this chronic arthropathy. Those complications can involve all parts of the thorax, including the lung parenchyma, the pleura, and the thoracic cage. The most common complications are necrobiotic nodules, pleural abnormalities, Caplan's syndrome, parenchymal fibrosis, bronchiolitis obliterans, and iatrogenic damage of lung the parenchyma. This article reviews pulmonary abnormalities induced by rheumatoid arthritis and their clinical and radiological findings. In addition, the role of different imaging modalities in the diagnostic work-up of pulmonary complications caused by rheumatoid arthritis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Radiodiagnostik, Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut für Physikalische und Radiologische Tumordiagnostik, Wien.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Bankier
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fleischmann
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Kiener
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Wiesmayr
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Herold
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002205:Caplan Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Pleurale und pulmonale Veränderungen im Rahmen der rheumatoiden Arthritis.