An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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CAPLAN, Anthony

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Certain unusual radiological appearances in the chest of coal-miners suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.

Thorax, 8, 29-37, 1953.

Caplan's syndrome, originally identified in coal miners with progressive massive fibrosis. It is a combination of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and pneumoconiosis that manifests as intrapulmonary nodules, which appear homogenous and well-defined on chest X-ray. Digital facsimile from Thorax.bmj.com at this link.



Subjects: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & MEDICINE › Miners' Diseases › Pneumoconiosis, RHEUMATOLOGY › Arthritis