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Utility of a simplified ultrasound assessment to assess interstitial pulmonary fibrosis in connective tissue disorders - preliminary results |
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| Authors: | Marwin Gutierrez Fausto Salaffi Marina Carotti Marika Tardella Carlos Pineda Chiara Bertolazzi Elisabetta Bichisecchi Emilio Filippucci Walter Grassi |
| Affiliation: | 1.Clinica Reumatologica,Università Politecnica delle Marche,Via dei Colli 52,Jesi,Italy;2.S.O.D Radiologia Clinica,Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche, Via Conca 1, PC 60126 Università Politecnica delle Marche,Ancona,Italy;3.Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion,Mexico City,Mexico |
| Abstract: | IntroductionInterstitial pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a frequent manifestation in patients with connective tissue disorders (CTD). Recently the ultrasound (US) criterion validity for its assessment has been proposed; however, the US scoring systems adopted include the study of several lung intercostal spaces (LIS), which could be time-consuming in daily clinical practice. The aim of this study was to investigate the utility of a simplified US B-lines scoring system compared with both the US comprehensive assessment and the high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings of IPF in CTD patients. |
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