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  • Title: Necrobiotic pulmonary nodule leading to pyopneumothorax in a case of rheumatoid arthritis--a rare clinical presentation.
    Author: Chauhan MS, Tewari SC, Prakash MJ, Dandona PK, Jayaswal R.
    Journal: Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci; 1989; 31(3):217-20. PubMed ID: 2638659.
    Abstract:
    A 49-year-old male patient, an active case of sero positive rheumatoid arthritis involving multiple joints with bilateral necrobiotic pulmonary nodules is presented. Initial symptoms were of progressively increasing dyspnoea. The nodule in the right lung subsequently cavitated leading to pyopneumothorax. The diagnosis of rheumatoid lung was confirmed by post-mortem.
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