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1</a>A&#44; B&#41;&#46; The patient was recurrently diagnosed with presumed chest infections and treated with multiple cycles of antibiotics&#59; MTX was suspended and PDN raised to 10<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;day&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Due to symptoms&#8217; persistence&#44; with concomitant anorexia and loss of 10<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>kg in 2 months&#44; she was admitted into hospital for further evaluation&#46; She denied smoking habits or occupational&#47;environmental exposures&#46; On examination she had a body mass index of 21<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>kg&#47;m<span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span>&#44; pulmonary auscultation with subtle crackles in both lung bases&#44; without arthritis&#44; lymphadenopathies or organomegaly&#46; Pulmonary function tests &#40;PFTs&#41;&#44; including carbon monoxide diffusing capacity &#40;DLCO&#41;&#44; 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Letter to the Editor
Follicular bronchiolitis, a frequently misdiagnosed condition
A.C. Duartea,
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, A. Cordeiroa, J. Soaresb, P. Gonçalvesa
a Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
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