Dr Romi Singla - Department Of Pulmonary Medicine GMC, Patiala

� Commonest
� Increased incidence compared to other CVDs
� 80%(using physiological criteria)
� Thirty per cent of patients have signs of
interstitial lung disease on chest radiography at
presentation.
� Histology – NSIP and/or UIP
� Progress to honeycomb lung esp in those with
f/o Scleroderma
� Same C/F
� DAH – few cases, similar in presentation to that
in SLE
� Mediastinal LAP