Myositis (PM/DM) - Diagnosis

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DIAGNOSIS

FOR PM/DM-RELATED ILD2,7,8,11

FOR PM/DM-RELATED ILD2,7,8,11
PFTs HRCT   Lung Biopsy BAL
Restrictive defect (or mixed, if other comorbidities present); reduced DLco Cellular Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia (NSIP),
Fibrotic NSIP,
Usual Interstitial Pneumonia (UIP),
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP),
Diffuse Alveolar Damage (DAD),
Mixed histology		 Not always necessary Used to exclude infectious causes

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