TY - JOUR T1 - Spontaneous Bronchopleural Fistula Caused by a Cavitating Rheumatoid Mass JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 137 LP - 138 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.140408 VL - 42 IS - 1 AU - CIARAN F. HEALY AU - JOHN G. MURRAY Y1 - 2015/01/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/42/1/137.abstract N2 - Pulmonary complications in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are well documented in the literature and include pleural disease, pulmonary infection, pneumonitis, bronchiolitis obliterans, bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease, and bronchogenic carcinoma. Rheumatoid pulmonary nodules are uncommon, affecting < 5% of patients with RA, and are more common in men1. They may be solitary or multiple, and are usually located peripherally in the subpleural space. Cavitation is estimated to occur in < 50% of patients, less commonly than with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s)-related pulmonary nodules2. Spontaneous pneumothoraxes complicating … ER -