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Abeline Kapuczinski1, Michel Cotils2, Yannick Gombeir1
1Department of Internal Medicine Centre Hospitalier EpiCURA Hornu Belgium.
Clinical Case Reports
|May 24, 2021
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Interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features is a complex and heterogeneous research classification without clear management and should be discussed on a case-by-case basis in a pluridisciplinary way. Rituximab could be used for severe lung involvement. The coronavirus crisis can hide other pathologies in such a way that a diagnosis can be overlooked.
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