1. Connective Tissue Disease Related Interstitial Lung Disease.
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Schulte JJ and Husain AN
- Subjects
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid diagnosis, Arthritis, Rheumatoid pathology, Connective Tissue Diseases pathology, Dermatomyositis diagnosis, Dermatomyositis pathology, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Lung pathology, Lung Diseases, Interstitial pathology, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic diagnosis, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic pathology, Mixed Connective Tissue Disease diagnosis, Mixed Connective Tissue Disease pathology, Polymyositis diagnosis, Polymyositis pathology, Scleroderma, Systemic diagnosis, Scleroderma, Systemic pathology, Sjogren's Syndrome diagnosis, Sjogren's Syndrome pathology, Connective Tissue Diseases diagnosis, Lung Diseases, Interstitial diagnosis
- Abstract
Patients with connective tissue diseases may have pulmonary involvement, including interstitial lung disease. Various patterns of interstitial lung disease have been classically described in certain connective tissue diseases. It is now recognized that there is significant overlap between patterns of interstitial lung disease observed in the various connective tissue diseases. Differentiating idiopathic from connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease is challenging but of clinical importance. New concepts in the diagnosis of connective tissue disease related interstitial lung disease may prove useful in making the diagnosis., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2020
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