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Radiological pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis associated to limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis: a case report.

D HassounS DirouP P ArrigoniC DurantM HamidouA NéelChristian Agard
Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2018)
ILD is frequent in SSc but isolated PPFE has never been described so far. In our case, PPFE is not related to telomeropathy, has indolent outcome and seems to have good prognosis. PPFE might be an extremely rare form of SSc-related ILD, although a fortuitous association remains possible.
Keyphrases
  • interstitial lung disease
  • systemic sclerosis
  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis