Respiratory medicine meets rheumatology

Symposium
Chairs: M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland), C. Kelly (Gateshead, United Kingdom)
Aims: To explore the pathophysiology, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of interstitial lung diseases that associate with connective tissue diseases (CTDs) and interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF). This session is endorsed by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR).

Is it a connective tissue disease? Antibody patterns that the pulmonologist should be aware of D. Kyburz (Basel, Switzerland)
Undifferentiated systemic rheumatic diseases and overlap syndromes: when can we diagnose interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF)? K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece)
The chicken or the egg: drug-induced pulmonary disease in rheumatology C. Kelly (Gateshead, United Kingdom)
Treating systemic sclerosis with lung involvement: from observation to stem cell transplantation A. Tyndall (Florence, Italy)