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Caplan syndrome rarely causes serious breathing trouble or disability due to lung problems. | Caplan syndrome rarely causes serious breathing trouble or disability due to lung problems. | ||
The nodules may pre-date the appearance of rheumatoid arthritis by several years. Otherwise prognosis is as for RA; lung disease may remit spontaneously, but pulmonary fibrosis may also progress. Coal worker's pneumoconiosis uncommonly causes significant breathing difficulty or disability. | |||
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Revision as of 16:58, 25 September 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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Overview
Natural History
Complications
Possible complications include:
- Increased risk for tuberculosis
- Progressive massive fibrosis (scarring)
- Side effects of medications
Prognosis
Caplan syndrome rarely causes serious breathing trouble or disability due to lung problems.
The nodules may pre-date the appearance of rheumatoid arthritis by several years. Otherwise prognosis is as for RA; lung disease may remit spontaneously, but pulmonary fibrosis may also progress. Coal worker's pneumoconiosis uncommonly causes significant breathing difficulty or disability.