Lung involvement in children with newly diagnosed rheumatic diseases: characteristics and associations

Table 4 Characteristics of patients with abnormal HRCT

Age(years)	Sex	Diagnose	PFT abnormal	CT abnormal	Site
12.3	Female	SLE	Severely restrictive dysfunction + small airway disease	Ground-glass opacities	Bilateral
14.3	Female	JDM	Normal	Multiple nodules + ground-glass opacities	Bilateral
12.1	Female	JDM	Mild reduction of DL_CO	Septal thickening	Left
12.0	Female	JDM	Mild reduction of DL_CO	Ground-glass opacities	Bilateral
17.2	Female	SLE	Mild reduction of DL_CO and small airway disease	Linear opacities	Right
8.0	Female	JDM	Normal	Multiple subpleural nodules	Right
12.6	Female	SS	Normal	Subpleural nodules + pleural thickening	Left
11.8	Female	JIA	Normal	Multiple micronodules	Bilateral

Abbreviations: HRCT High-resolution computed tomography, PFT Pulmonary function test, CT Computed tomography, SLE Systemic lupus erythematosus, JDM Juvenile dermatomyositis, SS Sjogren’s Syndrome, JIA Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

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