In this book is found the information essential to diagnosing, managing and treating the lung complications of connective tissue diseases. This is a notoriously difficult area, which continues to puzzle clinicians, despite the fact that these disorders are increasingly frequent (as a result of longer survival in connective tissue disease). In separate chapters, the major connective tissue diseases are reviewed, with detailed discussion of a variety of lung abnormalities, including
pleural disease, parenchymal lung disease and
pulmonary vascular disease. There are also invaluable overviews of lung histological and CT appearances in these disorders, and a
deeply insightful chapter on…
