title: [Pulmonary involvement in collagen tissue diseases].
abstract: Collagen tissue diseases are multisystem and heterogeneous group disease mediated inflammatory disorders. The pulmonary manifestations is more common and all elements of the lung are involved. However, symptoms of the respiratory system may be masked by exercise limitation due to involvement of the musculoskeletal system. The involvement may be subclinical or determined fulminant and life-threatening dimension. In this review, the pulmonary involvement of the more common collagen tissue diseases are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Atatürk Training and Research Hospital for Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nevin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taci Hoca
authors.forename: Ahmet Selim
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Yurdakul
mesh_terms: D003095:Collagen Diseases; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases