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A New Method for the Assessment of Myalgia in Interstitial Lung Disease: Association with Positivity for Myositis-Specific and Myositis-Associated Antibodies.


ABSTRACT: In this study, it was found that myositis-specific and myositis-associated antibodies (MSAs and MAAs) improved the recognition of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) in interstitial lung disease (ILD) patients. The objective of this study is to propose a clinical method to evaluate myalgia in respiratory settings as a possible tool for the recognition of MSA/MAA positivity in ILD patients. We prospectively enrolled 167 ILD patients with suspected myositis, of which 63 had myalgia evoked at specific points (M+ILD+). We also enrolled in a 174 patients with only myalgia (M+ILD-) in a rheumatological setting. The patients were assessed jointly by rheumatologists and pulmonologists and were tested for autoantibodies. M+ILD+ patients were positive for at least one MAA/MSA in 68.3% of cases, as were M-ILD+ patients in 48.1% of cases and M+ILD- patients in 17.2% of cases (p = 0.01 and <0.0001, respectively). A diagnosis of IIM was made in 39.7% of M+ILD+ patients and in 23.1% of the M-ILD+ group (p = 0.02). Myalgia was significantly associated with positivity for MSA/MAAs in ILD patients (p = 0.01, X2: 6.47). In conclusion, myalgia in ILD patients with suspected myositis is associated with MSA/MAA positivity, and could support a diagnosis of IIM. A significant proportion of M+ILD- patients also had MSA/MAA positivity, a phenomenon warranting further study to evaluate its clinical meaning.

SUBMITTER: Sambataro G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9140063 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A New Method for the Assessment of Myalgia in Interstitial Lung Disease: Association with Positivity for Myositis-Specific and Myositis-Associated Antibodies.

Sambataro Gianluca G   Ferrara Chiara Alfia CA   Spadaro Carla C   Torrisi Sebastiano Emanuele SE   Vignigni Giovanna G   Vancheri Ada A   Muscato Giuseppe G   Del Papa Nicoletta N   Colaci Michele M   Malatino Lorenzo L   Palmucci Stefano S   Cavagna Lorenzo L   Zanframundo Giovanni G   Ferro Francesco F   Baldini Chiara C   Sambataro Domenico D   Vancheri Carlo C  

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 20220504 5


In this study, it was found that myositis-specific and myositis-associated antibodies (MSAs and MAAs) improved the recognition of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) in interstitial lung disease (ILD) patients. The objective of this study is to propose a clinical method to evaluate myalgia in respiratory settings as a possible tool for the recognition of MSA/MAA positivity in ILD patients. We prospectively enrolled 167 ILD patients with suspected myositis, of which 63 had myalgia evoked at  ...[more]

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