Biopsy of the nodular chest lesions or mediastinal lymphadenopathies were performed in 8 patients, and revealed typical rheumatoid nodules in 4 cases and noncaseating granulomatous lesions in 4 cases. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A CT scan with contrast was performed to evaluate for mediastinal lymphadenopathy. [journals.lww.com]

[…] and main bronchi resulting from fibrosis -Steroids and immunosuppression -Common spontaneous remission -Overall good prognosis -Relapses occur Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) -Acute: responds to steroids -Sx include cough, fever, chest tightness, malaise [brainscape.com]

[…] of presumed Crohn’s disease at age 16 years, on the basis of peri-anal fistula with compatible histopathological features and spontaneous healing without medical intervention, presented to our facility with a 10-day history of fever (39 C to 40 C), malaise [jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com]

Chronic airflow limitation has the highest morbidity rate of any significant chronic pulmonary disorder in the United States and is the second most common cause of hospital admissions. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

View Article Google Scholar Fairfax AJ, Haslam PL, Pavia D, Sheahan NF, Bateman JR, Agnew JE, Clarke SW, Turner-Warwick M: Pulmonary disorders associated with Sjögren’s syndrome. Q J Med. 1981, 50: 279-295. [jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com]

It is classified as a primary immunodeficiency 1), and patients usually present with recurrent infections or a mediastinal mass 2). [kjim.org]

However, the patient did have a hypochromic microcytic anemia with a hemoglobin concentration of 7.3 g/dL, a hematocrit of 27.5% with a low mean corpuscular volume of 63.5 mm 3, a low mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration of 26.7 g/dL, and a red blood [journals.lww.com]

Between 2013 and 2015, echocardiograms and chest magnetic resonance imaging showed severe cardiomyopathy with the ejection fraction decreasing from 70% to 35% and evidence of non-ischemic type fibrosis of the lower and posterior ventricular wall, as well [synapse.koreamed.org]