Pre-Recorded

Plenary Presentation

ILD and Friends

Among all categories of interstitial lung disease, connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD) is a complex undertaking that requires a multidisplinary approach by pulmonary, radiology, pathology, and rheumatology physicians. Controversies in the diagnosis, management and prognosis of the variant categories of CTD will be discussed in this session. Recent observations have indicated special radiologic patterns on HRCT that might indicate a connective tissue disease as the underlying etiology for ILD. Finally, treatment options for early detected, refractory, and progresive fibrotic interstitial lung disease will be discussed, including lung transplant outcomes compared to other categries of ILD.

Overview of the prevalence and prognosis of ILD in various categories of CTD.

Radiologic patterns of fibrosing lung disease in CTD-ILD -- can we predict progression?