• Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
LIU Gang, Email: neoliugang@163.com
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Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are a group of connective tissue diseases characterized by nonsuppurative inflammation of the striated muscle. At present, the diagnostic criteria for polymyositis/dermatomyositis classification proposed by Bohan and Peter in 1976 is mainly used clinically. In clinical observations, it is found that myopathy involves not only skin and muscle but also affects many systems of the body. Interstitial lung disease occupies an important part, and it is an important cause of death of patients with inflammatory myopathy. Patients with idiopathic myositis should be examined as early as possible by high-resolution CT to improve the detection rate of myositis-associated interstitial lung disease and start treatment as soon as possible. At the same time, the patients with myositis have different clinical manifestations due to specific antibodies in the serum; some specific antibodies may indicate poor prognosis and poor treatment response. Timely screening of patients with positive myositis-specific antibodies in patients with the pulmonary interstitial disease can help the patient’s diagnosis and treatment process.

Citation: HU Yidan, LIU Gang, XIE Qibing. Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies associated interstitial lung disease. West China Medical Journal, 2018, 33(12): 1544-1548. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201805070 Copy

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