Progressive pulmonary fibrocystic changes of both upper lungs in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis
- 주제(키워드) Ankylosing , Cystic disease of lung , Spondylitis
- 등재 KCI등재, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 Korean National Tuberculosis Association
- 발행년도 2015
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000123093
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2015.78.4.459
초록/요약
Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory multisystem disease that primarily affects the axial joints. Pleuropulmonary involvement is an uncommon extra-articular manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis. There is a wide spectrum of pulmonary parenchymal changes in ankylosing spondylitis, beginning in the early stages of the disease and increasing over time. The lesions are usually asymptomatic, and not visible on chest radiographs in early stages. We reported a case of advanced ankylosing spondylitis in a 56-year-old man with progressive pulmonary bullous fibrocystic changes on both upper lobes that were misdiagnosed as tuberculosis in the early stages of the disease. Copyright © 2015 The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. All rights reserved.
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