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Scleroderma renal crisis is a serious complication that can develop in certain patients with systemic sclerosis. Some risks have been identified as potential triggers of scleroderma renal crisis, including the high-dose oral corticosteroids.
Ramy M Hanna +9 more
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Highlights • Male sex, cardiac involvement, DLCO 5 mg/l are strong predictors of mortality in systemic sclerosis. • This study shows the survival of subtypes and in particular sine scleroderma. • Sine scleroderma subtype has better survival than diffuse
Sébastien De Almeida Chaves +13 more
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Bilateral zonular dehiscence during cataract surgery in a patient with systemic sclerosis
Purpose: Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, is a rare and chronic autoimmune connective disorder that affects most organs. While clinical findings of scleroderma patients in the context of the eye have been described to include lid fibrosis ...
Teresa E. Fowler +4 more
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Systemic Scleroderma with Linear Scleroderma.
53歳の女性にみられた線状強皮症を伴った全身性強皮症の1例を報告した。1975年頃より間質性肺炎と手指の硬化があり,当院呼吸器科で全身性強皮症としてプレドニンの内服治療を受けていた。数年前より手指の硬化が著明になると共に前胸部に皮下硬結を自覚。数ヵ月前より皮下硬結の延長が認められたため当科を受診した。初診時,前胸部に淡紅色の線状を呈する皮下硬結が認められた。血液検査所見では,抗核抗体が320倍と陽性,KL-6も643 U/mlと上昇していた。胸部X線·CT像では,間質性肺炎が認められた。前胸部の皮下硬結よりの皮膚生検で真皮の膠原線維の増生と真皮血管周囲の軽度リンパ球浸潤がみられた。以上の所見より,線状強皮症を伴った全身性強皮症と診断した ...
YAMAMURA, Mahiro +2 more
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Scleroderma with Nodular Scleroderma
Background: Nodular scleroderma is a rare variant of scleroderma which can occur in connection with systemic sclerosis or morphea. A biopsy from the lesion can demonstrate the scleroderma pattern, i.e., keloid pattern or mixed type.
Chutika Srisuttiyakorn +1 more
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Cerebral infarction caused by systemic sclerosis: a case report
Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, is a rare multisystem autoimmune disease characterized by vascular lesions caused by collagen deposition in the skin and viscera and damage to the endothelium.
Qingqing Wang +3 more
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Calcinosis circumscripta of the breasts: The deeper meaning
Calcinosis circumscripta involving the breasts usually hints at an underlying systemic cause, most commonly connective tissue disorders such as scleroderma or dermatomyositis.
Tanusha Sewchuran, Joel M. Kabeya
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Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis in Scleroderma: A Case Report [PDF]
Scleroderma or systemic sclerosis is a multisystem disease due to excessive collagen deposition in different organs and autoimmunity by production of autoantibodies.According to previous reports, brain is rarely affected in scleroderma, howeverrecent ...
Maryam Poursadegh Fard +1 more
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Summary: Background: Systemic sclerosis is a heterogenous disease in which little is known about patterns of patient-reported symptom clusters. We aimed to identify classes of individuals with similar anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and
Robyn K. Wojeck +108 more
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Systemic Sclerosis Manifesting Post-Radiotherapy: A Case Report
Morphoea is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin and underlying tissues, characterised by fibrosis of the skin and subcutaneous tissue without systemic involvement.
Devanshi Nimbark +2 more
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