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Respiratory complications of autoinflammatory disorders (AID) are known as a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. Rheumatologic complications, particularly, have been seen in patients with interstitial lung disease in remarkable rates. Among the most frequently associated rheumatologic AIDs with pulmonary complications are systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic sclerosis (SSc), polymyositis-dermatomyositis (PM-DM), Sjogren’s syndrome (SjS), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), Behçet’s disease (BD), autoimmune pancreatitis, Wegener granulomatosis, Churg-Strauss syndrome, adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD), familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Cherubism, and chronic atypical neutrophilic dermatosis with lipodystrophy and elevated temperature (CANDLE) syndrome. With respect to clinical manifestations, initiation of …