INTERSTITIAL LUNG-DISEASE IN POLYMYOSITIS AND DERMATOMYOSITIS

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 7  (3) , 353-360
Abstract
An increased frequency of diffuse interstitial lung disease (DILD) was found in 7 of 15 cases of polymyositis and dermatomyositis. Affected patients had higher values of creatine phosphokinase and aldolase and more severe muscle necrosis than 8 patients with DILD. Early corticosteroid therapy sufficient to normalize enzymes apparently led to better resolutions of DILD. Active muscle necrosis seemed to be related to the development of DILD.

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