Rheumatoid lung disease

Rheumatoid lung disease
Alternate Names : Lung disease - rheumatoid arthritis, Rheumatoid nodules
Definition ...

Inflammation of the lungs related to allergy-type reactions (hypersensitivity pneumonitis)
Interstitial lung disease
Lung cancer or cancer in the area between the lungs
Narrowing (stenosis) of the trachea or bronchi
Rheumatoid lung disease ...

levels of rheumatoid factor are associated with more severe rheumatoid disease. This factor is also associated with a higher tendency to develop non-joint manifestations of rheumatoid disease, such as rheumatoid nodules and rheumatoid lung disease.

Pulmonary edema
Pulmonary embolus
Pulmonary histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma)
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary nocardiosis
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
Rheumatoid lung disease ...

Rheumatoid lung disease
Rheumatoid nodules
Rheumatoid pneumoconiosis
Rheumatoid spondylitis
Rheumatoid-collagen disease
Rhinitis - non-allergic
Rhinophyma
Rice-field fever
Richardson-Steele-Olszewski syndrome
Rickets ...

Rheumatoid lung disease
Right-sided heart failure
Sarcoidosis
Senile cardiac amyloid
Silicosis (classical)
Silicosis (acute)
Skin lesion of histoplasmosis
Solitary pulmonary nodule (benign)
Spontaneous pneumothorax
SVC obstruction ...

See also: Lung Disease, Rheum, Hypertension, Fibrosis, Nephritis