Roshini Kurian, Sajeel Ahmed, Avinash Aujayeb, Ben Thompson
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Abstract
One of the respiratory complications of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is formation of lung nodules, which can rupture to cause pneumothoraces. We present a case of recurrent pneumothoraces due to accelerated RA nodulosis, secondary to biologic therapy. https://bit.ly/3WBhgOe.