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Some patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) have histopathologic features suggesting connective tissue disease (CTD); however, their clinical course and prognosis remain unclear. Thus, we aimed to investigate the clinical course and prognosis of these patients with histologic autoimmune features. Among 114 patients with biopsy-proven IPF, the histologic features were semi-quantitatively graded, and CTD scores (range 0-9) were calculated as the sum of each score of plasma cell infiltration, lymphoid aggregates, and germinal c