title: Bronchocentric granulomatosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Bronchocentric granulomatosis is an uncommon entity which has no specific clinical, radiological and immunological features. It is usually diagnosed at morphological examination of biopsy or resected lung material. Aetiology of bronchocentric granulomatosis is unclear. A 49-year-old female patient, who was followed up with diagnosis rheumatoid arthritis in our outpatient clinic, presented with right lobe nodular lesion in chest radiography. Right thoracotomy and wedge resection was performed. Pathological examination revealed bronchocentric granulomatosis. Bronchocentric granulomatosis has been rarely reported in rheumatoid arthritis. This case might be a proof that bronchocentric granulomatosis may be one of the respiratory manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Abant Izzet Baysal University Medical School, Bolu, Turkey. cemalbes@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Cemal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bes
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kılıçgün
authors.forename: Fahrettin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Talay
authors.forename: Fahri
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yılmaz
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soy
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D015769:Granuloma, Respiratory Tract / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome