I do screen all newly diagnosed IIM patients with PFTs and chest CT. This has a double purpose: establishing a baseline of lung function and, screening for lung cancer. While the patient might not have lung symptoms on presentation, respiratory involvement can manifest later on the course of ...

This is a very important clinical question, but requires a bit more nuance in order to answer: We know that certain subtypes of dermatomyositis (DM) or polymyositis (PM) will be associated with higher or lower relative risks of interstitial lung disease (ILD). Moreover, certain subtypes are al...

I would say that we should always look for the presence of underlying ILD in patients with autoimmune inflammatory myopathies (AIM). In our center, we have seen a mini-epidemic of MDA-5 dermatomyositis, usually amyopathic with normal serum CKs but with skin necrosis, dysphagia, and aggressive and ra...