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Published on: June 16, 2020
[A case of non-specific interstitial pneumonia associated with psoriasis vulgaris and polymyalgia rheumatica]
1Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
Abstract:
We describe the first case, to the best of our knowledge, of non-specific interstitial pneumonia associated with psoriasis vulgaris and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). A 50-year-old woman was admitted with a dry cough and a bilateral basilar reticulonodular shadows on chest X-ray. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid analysis revealed lymphocytosis and a decreased CD4/CD8 ratio. A thoracoscopic lung biopsy specimen showed evidence of non-specific interstitial pneumonia. During her clinical course, she began suffering from psoriasis vulgaris and polymyalgia rheumatica. Corticosteroid therapy had no effect, but maintained a stable condition during a follow-up period of 4 years.
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