Tofacitinib treatment in anti‐glycyl‐tRNA synthetase antibody interstitial lung disease – A case report

• Published in: International journal of rheumatic diseases Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 781 - 785
• Main Author: Tseng, Chih‐Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.04.2023
• Subjects: Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases; Animals; anti‐glycyl‐tRNA synthetase; Autoantibodies; Case reports; Equidae; Glycine-tRNA Ligase; Humans; Inflammatory diseases; Inhibitor drugs; interstitial lung disease; Lung diseases; Lung Diseases, Interstitial - complications; Lung Diseases, Interstitial - diagnosis; Lung Diseases, Interstitial - drug therapy; Musculoskeletal diseases; Myositis; Renal failure; Renal function; Respiratory distress syndrome; Respiratory Distress Syndrome - complications; tRNA; interstitial lung disease; myositis; anti-glycyl-tRNA synthetase

Anti‐aminoacyl‐transfer‐RNA synthetase syndrome (ASS) related interstitial lung disease (ILD) is rarely presented initially alongside acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which in and of itself is a severe condition with a high mortality rate. Additionally, rapidly progressive change is not a...