Caplan's syndrome
English
editEtymology
editNamed after Dr. Anthony Caplan, a physician who identified the constellation of findings as a distinct entity in a 1953 publication.
Noun
editCaplan'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