TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 64. Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
A1  - Kim, Eunice J.
A1  - Collard, Harold R.
A2  - Imboden, John B.
A2  - Hellmann, David B.
A2  - Stone, John H.
PY  - 2013
T2  - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Rheumatology, 3e
AB  - Presents  with  nonspecific  symptoms  such  as  cough  and  dyspnea.Associated  most  often  with  rheumatoid  arthritis,  scleroderma,  primary  Sjögren  syndrome,  dermatomyositis,  polymyositis,  and  mixed  connective  tissue  disease;  rarely  with  systemic  lupus  erythematosus.High-resolution  computed  tomography  (HRCT)  with  thin-section  images  is  the  test  of  choice.Nonspecific  interstitial  pneumonia  is  the  most  common  histopathologic  pattern.Treatment  with  prednisone  or  immunomodulatory  therapy  (cyclophosphamide,  mycophenolate  mofetil,  azathioprine)  or  both  can  be  effective.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57275902
ER  -