title: Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (Carrington's disease) and rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: We describe the case of a 60-year-old woman with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (Carrington's disease) who developed symmetric rheumatoid factor-negative polyarthritis suggestive of rheumatoid arthritis. Although these two diseases are well documented as separate entities, 10 cases in the literature suggest possible links. However, the course in our patient raised the possibility of Churg-Strauss syndrome, a condition that may overlap with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia.
authors.affiliation: Service d'oncologie médicale, unité de jour d'oncologie médicale multidisciplinaire, hôpital Édouard-Herriot, Lyon, France. l.boudou@hotmail.fr
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boudou
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alexandre
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Béatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pallot-Prade
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D015897:Comorbidity; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids