Abstract
We retrospectively compared the thin-section chest computed tomography (CT) findings
between 25 patients of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
and 29 patients of PMR without RA. PMR patients showed high-frequency CT abnormalities
(68.5%) regardless of the association with RA. Ground-glass opacity (56% vs. 24%),
traction bronchiectasis (44% vs. 3%), architectural distortion (32% vs. 0%), centrilobular
nodules (32% vs. 7%), and honeycombing (20% vs. 0%) were significantly more common
in the PMR with RA group than in the PMR without RA group (P<.01). PMR patients with RA have more increased prevalence of chest CT abnormalities
than those without RA.
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Publication history
Published online: November 30, 2015
Accepted:
November 5,
2015
Received in revised form:
October 22,
2015
Received:
May 6,
2015
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