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Caplan syndrome

Combination of:

necrobiotic rheumatoid lung nodules
coal worker's pneumoconiosis
pulmonary findings may precede joint manefestations

Findings:

round, peripheral nodules (0.5 - 5.0 cm), +/- cavitation
nodules a/w subQ rheumatoid nodules

Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013

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Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.