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Rheumatology 2003; 42: 1415-1416
© 2003 British Society for Rheumatology

Letter to the Editor

Spontaneous pneumothorax: an unusual presentation of rheumatoid arthritis

S. Saravana, T. Gillott, F. Abourawi1, M. Peters2, A. Campbell3 and S. Griffith4

Department of Rheumatology, Department of Endocrinology and Department of Pathology, Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby DN33 2BA, UK, Department of Cellular Pathology, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, UK

Correspondence to: S. Saravana, Department of Rheumatology, Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby DN33 2BA, UK. E-mail: adersh555saravana@hotmail.com

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SIR, We read with interest the article by Gotsman et al. [1] describing a case of spontaneous pneumothorax in a rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patient treated with methotrexate. Spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to pulmonary rheumatoid nodules is an uncommon complication of RA. Cases described so far have been male patients with longstanding RA [2]. We describe a female patient . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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