Principales patrones tomográficos de acometimiento intersticial en pacientes con colagenopatías que acuden a consulta externa de neumología del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso. Cuenca, enero 2020 - febrero 2023

Abstract

Background: interstitial lung disease associated with connective tissue disease encompass a heterogeneous group of systemic autoimmune disorders resulting in lung parenchyma involvement. Objective: to describe the main tomographic patterns of interstitial involvement in patients with collagenopathies attending the pulmonology outpatient services at Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital. Cuenca, January 2020 - February 2023. Methodology: retrospective, descriptive, cross-sectional study in patients diagnosed with interstitial lung disease associated with connective tissue disease. Data were obtained from an anonymized database of patients over 18 years of age who attended the pulmonology outpatient clinic at Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital, from January 2020 - February 2023; data were collected using descriptive forms, entered, processed and analyzed in Excel matrix and in the IBM SPSS v21.0 statistical package. Results were presented with descriptive statistics. Results: a total of 59 patients were studied, 74,60% were female. The mean age of the cohort was 55,66 ± 14,91. 69,49% of the population live in urban areas. The most prevalent pattern was non-specific interstitial pneumonia (30,50%). The most frequent collagenopathy was rheumatoid arthritis (37,30%). Fibrotic non-specific interstitial pneumonia was the most prevalent pattern in systemic sclerosis (44,40%). Conclusions: the main tomographic patterns identified were fibrotic non-specific interstitial pneumonia, usual interstitial pneumonia and probable usual interstitial pneumonia.