title: Pleural involvement in systemic disorders.
abstract: The collagen vascular diseases are a heterogeneous group of immunologically-mediated inflammatory disorders. Frequently, these diseases affect organ systems outside the thorax as their primary manifestation, but may involve the pleura as a single presenting feature, as part of multisystem involvement, or as an isolated manifestation of a disease that is otherwise quiescent. In this article, we review the manifestations of respiratory disease caused by rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, polymyositis/dermatomyositis, mixed connective tissue disease, Sjogren's syndrome, Wegener's granulomatosis, and sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Respiratory Diseases, University of Parma, Parma, Italy. mar.aiello@libero.it
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aiello
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chetta
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marangio
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zompatori
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Olivieri
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications; D003095:Collagen Diseases / Q000150:complications; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000150:complications; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000150:complications; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications; D045743:Scleroderma, Diffuse / Q000150:complications; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications