Lung Disease Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Provides the current knowledge about lung disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis and the management for RA patients with lung diseases

Elaborates on the pathophysiology of lung disease associated with RA

Maximizes the understanding of how to diagnose and treat lung disease associated with RA

Autorentext

Takahisa Gono

Department of Allergy and Rheumatology,

Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine

Tokyo, Japan

Hitoshi Tokuda Department of Respiratory Medicine, JCHO Tokyo Yamate Medical Center

Tokyo, Japan

Fumikazu Sakai

Department of Diagnostic Radiology,

Saitama International Medical Center,

Saitama Medical University,

Saitama, Japan

Tamiko Takemura

Department of Pathology,

Japanese Red Cross Medical Center,

Tokyo, Japan

Inhalt
Part IIntroduction.- 1. Overview: Clinical significance of lung disease associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis.- Part IIAirway disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis.- 2. Comprehensive understanding of airway disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis.- 3. Pathology of airway disease in rheumatoid arthritis.- 4. Imaging of Airway diseases of rheumatoid arthritis.- 5. Therapeutic strategy for airway disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis.- Part IIIInterstitial lung disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis.- 6. Comprehensive understanding of interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis.- 7. Pathology of interstitial lung disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.- 8. Radiological characteristics of interstitial lung diseases in patients with connective tissue disease: focus on rheumatoid arthritis.- 9. Therapeutic strategies for interstitial lung diseases in Rheumatoid Arthritis.- Part IVDiagnosis and treatment of acute lung disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis.- 10. Bacterial and Fungal Infections in Rheumatoid Arthritis.- 11. Mycobacterium infections in Rheumatoid Arthritis (tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteriosis).- 12. Organizing Pneumonia in Rheumatoid Arthritis.- 13. Acute pulmonary infiltrates in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Differential diagnosis and management. <p