Interstitial lung lesion in systemic scleroderma (literature review and personal observation)

Abstract

Interstitial lesion is one of the most common lung pathologies in patients with systemic scleroderma (SS) In most cases, interstitial lung disease (ILD) is formed during the detailed clinical picture of SS, but it can manifest from interstitial lung disease, which significantly complicates early nosological diagnosis. Patterns of non-specific and common interstitial pneumonia are most often found among the variants of interstitial lung lesion at SS Clinical manifestations of ILD-SS are non-specific and vary significantly between patients from asymptomatic to rapidly progressing respiratory failure. Early diagnosis of subclinical interstitial pulmonary lesion at SS is carried out using high-resolution computed tomography. Active immunosuppressive therapy is required for timely diagnosis of progressive forms of ILD-SS The presented clinical study demonstrates a case of late diagnosis of ILD-SS.