title: Eosinophilic pneumonia as an initial manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic disease that may have pulmonary manifestations. We describe a case of eosinophilic pneumonia as the primary presentation of rheumatoid arthritis. While several cases of acute and chronic eosinophilic pneumonia have been reported in patients with preexisting rheumatoid arthritis, this is the first case reported in which the eosinophilic lung disease was the initial manifestation of systemic rheumatoid arthritis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, E/KS-B23, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Norman
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piecyk
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed