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  • Title: [Pulmonary fibrosis in ankylosing spondylitis. Five new cases (author's transl)].
    Author: Peltier P, Germaud P, Martin M, Barrier J, Cottin S, Grolleau JY.
    Journal: Sem Hop; 1982 Mar 11; 58(10):596-600. PubMed ID: 6278601.
    Abstract:
    The most common thoracic finding in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is ankylosis of the costovertebral joints with severe limitation of chest expansion inducing a restrictive syndrome pleural and pulmonary fibrosis can occur during the course of the disease. One-hundred record of patients with AS were reviewed. Five had pleuro-pulmonary involvement. This always included pachypleuritis, usually apical. Roentgenographic pulmonary changes were infiltrates or fibrobullous lesions. Pulmonary function tests showed restriction in four cases, obstruction in one case, and a decreased diffusing capacity in all five cases.
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