Pulmonary fibrosis and other clinical manifestations of small vessel vasculitis in a family with seropositive juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
We report on a family (mother, daughter, and son) suffering from progressive pulmonary fibrosis associated with deforming arthritis, sinusitis, glomerulonephritis, and cutaneous vasculitis. We suggest that these clinical features display the variable expressions of small-vessel vasculitis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Rohayem
Julia
J
Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany. rohayem@rcs.urz.tu-dresden.de
Leupold
W
W
Paul
K-D
KD
Gahr
M
M
D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology