title: Undifferentiated connective tissue disease with pulmonary involvement.
abstract: Pulmonary involvement in collagen vascular diseases is extremely common. It is usually seen in the well described dyscollagenoses and in mixed connective tissue diseases (MCTD). However, there is a lesser known entity called Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (UCTD) which can also involve the lung. We herein present a case of a young man who was detected to have lung involvement secondary to UCTD.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Internal Medicine, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arjun
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Ameer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasikumar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rajalakshmi
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Hari
authors.forename: Mathew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D054988:Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011017:Pneumonia, Lipid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D011239:Prednisolone; D008727:Methotrexate