ABSTRACT
Incidence 377 Clinical manifestations 377 Diagnosis 377 Treatment 378 Prognosis 378
Rheumatoid arthritis 378 Incidence 378 Clinical manifestations378 Diagnosis 378 Treatment 379
Systemic sclerosis 380 Sjogren’s syndrome 380 Ankylosing spondylitis 380 Polymyositis/dermatomyositis380 Mixed connective tissue disease 380 Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome 380 Churg-Strauss syndrome380 Wegener’s granulomatosis 381 Future directions 381 References 381
Pleural eusion and pleuritic chest pain are common in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), two of the most common connective tissue diseases (CTDs) associated with pleural disease. e reported prevalence, natural history, and course of the pleural involvement vary considerably. e data available for the other CTD are limited, as they are rare themselves.
