Bruno Alexander Velazquez Guevara, Carlos Abud Mendoza, Lesly Rocío de Jesús Avilés Ramírez, Eva Santillán Guerrero
Patients with diffuse connective tissue diseases frequently develop interstitial lung disease, which carries a worse prognosis and shortens survival. High-resolution computed tomography is the first-choice test, and is competitive with histopathology, however, the cost and radiation may limit its use, particularly for screening. Lung ultrasound is a rapid, accessible, reproducible, and inexpensive study that is useful for diagnosis of interstitial lung disease. Furthermore, extensive training is not required to identify the alterations associated with these lung diseases...
May 8, 2023: Reumatología clinica