Caplan's syndrome
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Dr. Anthony Caplan, a physician who identified the constellation of findings as a distinct entity in a 1953 publication.
Noun[edit]
Caplan's syndrome (uncountable)
- (medicine) A combination of rheumatoid arthritis and pneumoconiosis that manifests as intrapulmonary nodules.
- Synonyms: Caplan disease, rheumatoid pneumoconiosis
Further reading[edit]
- Caplan's syndrome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia