000 Dermatomyositis

Structures Involved

    1. Bronchi and Bronchioles:
      • bronchi and bronchioles,
        • peribronchovascular tissues
      • Blood vessels i
        • vasculitis
    2. Alveoli:
      •  inflammation and  then
      • fibrosis
    3. Connective Tissue:
      • inflammation and scarring.

Manifesting as

  1. Peribronchovascular Involvement:
  2. Ground-Glass Opacities
  3. Organizing Pneumonia (OP):
  4. Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
  5. Honeycombing:
  6. Pulmonary Hypertension:

 

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