Abstract:: A 65-year-old female had been treated rheumatoid arthritis (RA), interstitial pneumonia (IP) and nephrotic syndrome with prednisolone and cyclosporine. She was emergently admitted to our hospital due to the worsening exertional dyspnea and severe hypoxemia. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed new diffuse ground-glass opacities (GGOs) with slight consolidations along with bronchovascular bundle were observed in addition to pre-existing reticular shadows in both lungs with lower lobe-predominance. An acute e… Show more
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