Pneumorrhachis and pneumomediastinum in connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease: Case series from a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1415-1419

  Sandhya, P ^a   Keshava, Shyamkumar Nidugala ^a   Danda, Debashish ^a   Padhan, Prasanta ^a   Mathew, John ^a   Gibikote, Sridhar ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Epidural emphysema; Interstitial lung disease; Mixed connective tissue disease; Pneumomediastinum; Pneumorrhachis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CLOXACILLIN; DEFLAZACORT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DECUBITUS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOSITIS; NECK MUSCLE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMORRHACHIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; CHILD; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INDIA; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; STEROIDS; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863621382     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-1862-6     Document Type: Article

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