The lungs were on fire: a pilot study of ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in idiopathic-inflammatory-myopathy-related interstitial lung disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) and its rapid progression (RP) are the main contributors to unfavourable outcomes of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM). This study aimed to identify the clinical value of PET/CT scans in IIM-ILD patients and to construct a predictive model for RP-ILD.

Methods

Adult IIM-ILD patients who were hospitalized at four divisions of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (FAHZJU), from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2020 were reviewed. PET/CT scans and other characteristics of patients who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were collected and analysed.

Results

A total of 61 IIM-ILD patients were enrolled in this study. Twenty-one patients (34.4%) developed RP-ILD, and 24 patients

SUBMITTER: Liang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8298695 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature