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- Title
COVID‐19 pneumonia can cause irreversible lung damage in dermatomyositis with pre‐existing interstitial lung disease.
- Authors
Hama, Satoshi; Akiyama, Mitsuhiro; Shimada, Tatsuya; Higashida‐Konishi, Misako; Takei, Hiroshi; Izumi, Keisuke; Oshima, Hisaji; Okano, Yutaka
- Abstract
Here we present our case of severe COVID-19 in dermatomyositis, in which chest computed tomography was examined before COVID-19 pneumonia, at the time of COVID-19 pneumonia, and at 4 months after surviving COVID-19 pneumonia. COVID-19 pneumonia can cause irreversible lung damage in dermatomyositis with pre-existing interstitial lung disease Considering the similarities of lung lesions in anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis to COVID-19 pneumonia,4 we suggest that viral infection may be one of the environmental factors that cause irreversible interstitial lung disease of dermatomyositis in susceptible individuals.
- Subjects
DERMATOMYOSITIS; INTERSTITIAL lung diseases; COVID-19; LUNGS; PNEUMONIA
- Publication
International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 2021, Vol 24, Issue 9, p1221
- ISSN
1756-1841
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1756-185X.14204