A clinical study of dermatomyositis complicated with interstitial lung disease
XIA Xiu-juan
Abstract：Objective To study the clinical characteristics of dermatomyositis compliacted with interstitial lung disease. Methods The patient's clinical symptoms and the laboratory inspection results were analyzed. Results The incidence of dermatomyositis complicated with interstitial lung disease was 25%. The rate of intersti-tial lung disease complicated with myalgia, fever, joint pain was 63.33% (19 cases) , 63.3% (19 cases), 53.3% (16 cases), respectively. Interstitial lung disease-free group included 30 cases (33.3%), 16 cases (17.8% ), 23 cases (25.6%) respectively. Positive rate of anti-jo-1 antibody and patients combined with interstitial lung disease increased the ratio of ESR were 7/30 (23.3%) and 24/30 (80.0%), while those in patients without interstitial lung disease were 0/90 (0) and 45/90 (50.0 % ). Conclusion There's a higher incidence for dermatomyositis pa-tients complicated with interstitial lung disease. Combination of interstitial lung disease shoule be of considered when myalgia, arthralgia and fever occurrs, anti-Jo-1 antibody appears positive and erythrocyte sedimentation rate increases.
Keywords：DermatomyositisInterstitial lung disease
Publication Date：2009-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 689-690 )