Pulmonology

Myositis

Questions discussed in this category

What is the risk of ILD recurrence in MDA5/Ro52 positive dermatomyositis following a lung transplantation?

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What workup do you do for patients who have PL-7 elevation when screening for myopathy?

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What is your approach to treatment for MDA5 dermatomyositis patients with rapidly progressive ILD?

Cyclophosphamide/tacrolimus and Rituximab have been used in conjunction with steroids in case series.

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When do you use tacrolimus in patients with myositis-related interstitial lung disease?

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What agent do you try next in patients with myositis-related interstitial lung disease who are refractory to mycophenolate mofetil and azathioprine?

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What is your next step in patients with polymyositis without interstitial lung disease who are refractory to methotrexate?

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Papers discussed in this category

N Engl J Med,

Tofacitinib in Amyopathic Dermatomyositis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease.

J Heart Lung Transplant, 2021 Nov

Consensus document for the selection of lung transplant candidates: An update from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 2015 Jan 07

Recurrent polymyositis-associated lung disease after lung transplantation.

Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2017-06-01

A longitudinal cohort study of the anti-synthetase syndrome: increased severity of interstitial lung disease in black patients and patients with anti-PL7 and anti-PL12 autoantibodies.

Autoimmun Rev, 2012 Jul 05

Hierarchical cluster and survival analyses of antisynthetase syndrome: phenotype and outcome are correlated with anti-tRNA synthetase antibody specificity.

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