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Idiopathic Calcinosis Cutis of the Hand

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Summary:. Calcinosis cutis is a disease process characterized by calcified lesions in the skin. Although there are five subtypes of calcinosis, idiopathic calcinosis cutis is a rare disease process with no clear etiology.
Shawhin R.K. Shahriari, MD, Tharani Murali, BS, Tegan N. Clarke, BA, Joseph F. Kuhn, MD, Shelly A. Stepenaskie, MD, Gregory L. Borah, MD, DMD   +5 more
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Surgical resection of symptomatic calcinosis in a patient with systemic sclerosis [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2019
Introduction: Systemic sclerosis is a rare, autoimmune, progressive disease that affects connective tissues and internal organs by inflammation, which can cause calcinosis cutis.
Caio Pundek Garcia, Natalia Biancha Rendon, Carlo Mognon Mattiello, Flávia Cristina de Novaes Gerber, Jorge Bins-Ely   +4 more
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Association of Elevated Platelets and C‐Reactive Protein With Severe Disease and Poor Survival in Systemic Sclerosis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Elevated C‐reactive protein (CRP) levels in systemic sclerosis (SSc) have been linked with severe disease and worse survival, but the role of platelet levels remains unclear. This study examined whether elevated platelet levels, CRP levels, or both are associated with disease severity, progression, and survival in SSc.
Brian S. Lee, Shufeng Li, Srijana Davuluri, Jennifer Lee, Lorinda Chung   +4 more
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Automated Hand Flexor Tendon–Thickness Measurement in Systemic Sclerosis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) can affect flexor tendons, contributing to hand function problems and reduced quality of life. Tendon changes are currently assessed with ultrasonography and measured manually, a time‐consuming process prone to interobserver variability.
Mark Greveling, Ties van het Erve, Yvette van de Berg, Simon Mastbergen, Julia Spierings   +4 more
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A rare case of idiopathic calcinosis cutis of foreskin

, 2019
Introduction and Objectives: Calcinosis cutis is a type of calcinosis resulting in calcium deposition in the skin and/or subcutaneous tissue. There are four main subtypes: dystrophic, iatrogenic, idiopathic and metastatic.
Ashrafi, D, Buzacott, K, Clampa, C, Barth, B, Timm, B, Ranaweera, M, James, A   +6 more
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Microvascular damage is associated with carotid wall structural changes in Systemic Sclerosis: a capillaroscopy and ultrasound‐based observational study

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Introduction Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by cardiovascular risk excess not fully explained by traditional factors. Whether the severity of microvascular damage correlates with structural subclinical atherosclerosis remains unclear. We investigated the relationship between nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) abnormalities and carotid ...
Eugenio Capparelli, Luca Clerici, Francesco Lapia, Giusy C. Moltisanti, Eleonora Zaccara, Greta Pellegrino, Daniela Bompane, Francesca Capelli, Letizia Ferrami, Laura Castelnovo, Antonio Tamburello, Maria Sole Chimenti, Paola Faggioli, Antonino Mazzone   +13 more
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Cancer in Systemic Sclerosis: Clinical Associations and Prognostic Impact From the EUSTAR Registry

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective Cancer represents a major cause of death in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Established risk factors are limited to specific subsets, particularly early diffuse anti‐RNA polymerase III (POLR3)–positive disease, needing further exploration. Methods We performed a nested case‐control study within the European Scleroderma Trials and Research group ...
Antonio Tonutti, Francesca Motta, Liala Moschetti, Cosimo Bruni, Carina Mihai, Claudia Iannone, Maria Rosa Pellico, Stefano Stano, Stefano Erba, Claudia Barison, Eleonora Pazzi, Andrea Benini, Beatrice Moccaldi, Kurszán Jász Dávid, Ágnes Ágoston‐Szabó, Beatrice Gabrielli, Francesca Nava, Dóra Tari, Francesca Romana Di Ciommo, Yuri Sasaki, Gonçalo Boleto, Radim Bečvář, Alejandro Brigante, Britta Maurer, Massimiliano Limonta, Rahma A. Elziaty, Fabiola Atzeni, Lilian Maria López Núñez, Roberta Foti, Francesco Benvenuti, Brigitte Granel, Elena Rezus, Leila Caillault, Sophie Blaise, Cristiana Sieiro Santos, Fabio Cacciapaglia, Roberto Giacomelli, Rossella De Angelis, Serena Guiducci, Duygu Temiz Karadag, Gabriella Szűcs, Luca Idolazzi, Gábor Kumánovics, Florenzo Iannone, Maurizio Cutolo, Gianluca Moroncini, Valeria Riccieri, Nicoletta Del Papa, Elisabetta Zanatta, Oliver Distler, Masataka Kuwana, Carlo Selmi, Maria De Santis   +52 more
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Plasma proteome reflects tissue damage and clinical manifestations in patients with inflammatory myopathies

Arthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Objective Tissue‐specific biomarkers that are reliable and associated with clinical manifestations of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) are lacking. The blood circulation in individuals serves as a central conduit, allowing communication between tissues and facilitating clearance and recycling of tissue‐derived proteins.
Yue‐Bei Luo, Josefin Kenrick, Angeles S Galindo‐Feria, Antonella Notarnicola, Ana Daniela Ulloa Navas, Irene Peralta‐Garcia, Orane Demuynck, Andrea Kemp, Valérie Leclair, Karin Lodin, Eveline Van Gompel, Lara Dani, Fabricio Espinosa‐Ortega, Maryam Dastmalchi, Leonid Padyukov, Charlotta Preger, María Bueno Álvez, Mathias Uhlén, Peter Nilsson, Fredrik Edfors, Lina‐Marcela Diaz‐Gallo, Elisa Pin, Ingrid E Lundberg, Begum Horuluoglu   +23 more
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Idiopathic Calcinosis Cutis over Elbow in a 12-Year Old Child

Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2013
Calcinosis cutis is an uncommon disorder caused by an abnormal deposit of calcium phosphate in the skin in various parts of the body. Four main types of calcinosis cutis have been recognized according to etiology: associated with localized or widespread ...
S. K. Venkatesh Gupta, Ramana Rao Balaga, Suman Kumar Banik   +2 more
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Calcinosis in systemic sclerosis: prevalence, clinical picture, management, complications

Bolʹ, Sustavy, Pozvonočnik, 2019
This literature review summarizes current data on the epi­demiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of calcinosis cutis in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc).
Ye.D. Yehudina, I.Yu. Golovach
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