Case report of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis pneumoconiosis, amyloidosis.  When we can diagnose Caplan’s syndrome

Ewa Matyska-Piekarska; Janusz Jaworski; Jacek Pazdur; Jan K. Łącki

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5/2006 vol. 44

Case report of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis pneumoconiosis, amyloidosis. When we can diagnose Caplan’s syndrome

Ewa Matyska-Piekarska

,

Janusz Jaworski

,

Jacek Pazdur

,

Jan K. Łącki

Reumatologia 2006; 44, 5: 285–290

Online publish date: 2006/11/16

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AMA

Matyska-Piekarska E, Jaworski J, Pazdur J, Łącki J. Case report of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis pneumoconiosis, amyloidosis. When we can diagnose Caplan’s syndrome. Reumatologia/Rheumatology. 2006;44(5):285-290.

APA

Matyska-Piekarska, E., Jaworski, J., Pazdur, J., & Łącki, J. (2006). Case report of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis pneumoconiosis, amyloidosis. When we can diagnose Caplan’s syndrome. Reumatologia/Rheumatology, 44(5), 285-290.

Chicago

Matyska-Piekarska, Ewa, Janusz Jaworski, Jacek Pazdur, and Jan K. Łącki. 2006. "Case report of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis pneumoconiosis, amyloidosis. When we can diagnose Caplan’s syndrome". Reumatologia/Rheumatology 44 (5): 285-290.

Harvard

Matyska-Piekarska, E., Jaworski, J., Pazdur, J., and Łącki, J. (2006). Case report of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis pneumoconiosis, amyloidosis. When we can diagnose Caplan’s syndrome. Reumatologia/Rheumatology, 44(5), pp.285-290.

MLA

Matyska-Piekarska, Ewa et al. "Case report of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis pneumoconiosis, amyloidosis. When we can diagnose Caplan’s syndrome." Reumatologia/Rheumatology, vol. 44, no. 5, 2006, pp. 285-290.

Vancouver

Matyska-Piekarska E, Jaworski J, Pazdur J, Łącki J. Case report of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis pneumoconiosis, amyloidosis. When we can diagnose Caplan’s syndrome. Reumatologia/Rheumatology. 2006;44(5):285-290.

We describe a male patient with pneumoconiosis and diagnosed RA, amyloidosis, nephritic syndrome and renal insufficiency. This particular case report has underlined aggressive progression of RA with rapid involvement of kidneys in the disease as well as differential diagnosis of lung changes in this case. Despite applying aggressive therapy with cyclophosphamide a constant progression of changes and renal failure was observed. Pulmonary changes were not clinically significant and did not demand any treatment.