Elisabetta Zanatta, Elisabetta Cocconcelli, Gioele Castelli, Chiara Giraudo, Anna Sara Fraia, Elena De Zorzi, Mariele Gatto, Luana Ienna, Elena Treppo, Danilo Malandrino, Lorenzo Cereser, Giacomo Emmi, Federico Giannelli, Serena Bellani, Andrea Martini, Beatrice Moccaldi, Anna Ghirardello, Jérôme Avouac, Luca Quartuccio, Yannick Allanore, Andrea Doria, Paolo Spagnolo, Elisabetta Balestro, Luca Iaccarino
OBJECTIVES: Patients with connective tissue diseases can develop interstitial lung disease (ILD), leading to a progressive fibrosing ILD (PF-ILD) phenotype in some cases. We aimed to investigate the occurrence of PF-ILD in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs), and factors potentially predicting this phenotype. Secondary aims were to assess the radiological pattern and factors associated with IIMs-ILD. METHODS: Patients with IIMs from our multicentric prospective cohort were retrospectively evaluated...
August 2023: RMD Open