LYMPHOCYTIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONITIS PRECEDING POLYARTICULAR JUVENILERHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS

Authors
UZIEL Y HEN B CORDOBA M WOLACH B
Citation
Y. Uziel et al., LYMPHOCYTIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONITIS PRECEDING POLYARTICULAR JUVENILERHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS, Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 16(5), 1998, pp. 617-619
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Clinical and experimental rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0392856X
Volume
16
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
617 - 619
Database
ISI
SICI code
0392-856X(1998)16:5<617:LIPPPJ>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We describe the case of a 12-year-old girl who developed lymphocytic i nterstitial pneumonitis at 2 years of age which preceded polyarticular rheumatoid factor (RF) positive juvenile arthritis. Her disease had a chronic active course, but showed a good response to combination ther apy. the pathogenesis of these two immune processes and of the lung in volvement in juvenile arthritis is discussed.