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Pages 293-295 (November - December 1985)
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Vol. 21. Issue 6.
Pages 293-295 (November - December 1985)
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Neumonitis por sales de oro
Gold salt induced pneumonitis
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M.A. Martin Perez, A. Nuñez Boluda, A. Simon Rodriguez, S. Martinez Selmo, J. Camargo Ibarra, J.E. Rodriguez Ortega
Hospital de Enfermedades del Tórax Victoria Eugenia. Madrid
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Se presenta un cuadro de neumonitis desarrollada durante el tratamiento con sales de oro, en una paciente de 42 años diagnosticada de artritis reumatoide, con una evolución subaguda, clara remisión clinica, radiológica y funcional con el tratamiento corticoideo y no recurrencia al suspender la crisoterapia. Se realiza una revisión de los casos publicados en la literatura y de los métodos diagnósticos empleados.

A 42-year-old woman developed pneumonitis during treatment with gold salts for rheumatoid arthritis with a subacute course, clear clinical, radiologic and functional remission in response to corticoid therapy and which did not recurr when crysotherapy was suspended. The authors review other documented cases as well as the diagnostic methods used.

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