1Temple University/Conemaugh Memorial Hospital Johnstown PA
2Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital Lahore Pakistan
American Journal of Medical Case Reports.
2017,
Vol. 5 No. 5, 129-130
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-5-5-7
Copyright © 2017 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Nagadarshini Vinod, Hassan Tahir, Arslan Ahmed, Asad Ullah, Medha Joshi. A Case of Massive Recurrent Rheumatoid Effusion.
American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2017; 5(5):129-130. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-5-5-7.
Correspondence to: Hassan Tahir, Temple University/Conemaugh Memorial Hospital Johnstown PA. Email:
Hassantahir_01@hotmail.comAbstract
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a well-known auto-immune disease affecting the joints, its signature signs being bone erosions and joint deformity. Other than arthritis, RA can also affect other organs in the body, such as eyes, heart, lungs, etc. In our case we are going to discuss an elderly lady with RA, presenting with large pleural effusion as presenting complaint.
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