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Scleroderma renal crisis with coexisting segmental arterial mediolysis presenting as intraperitoneal bleeding: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2019
Background Segmental arterial mediolysis is a rare nonarteriosclerotic and noninflammatory vascular disease that may cause intraperitoneal bleeding. Scleroderma renal crisis is a rare complication of systemic sclerosis, leading to severe hypertension and
Shohei Kaneko, Eri Watanabe, Mai Abe, Shinji Watanabe, Hiroki Yabe, Shigehiro Kojima, Kenji Takagi, Keiji Hirai, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Chihiro Terai   +9 more
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Сatalase antibodies in patients with systemic scleroderma as a diagnostic and prognostic marker of the disease

Медицинская иммунология, 2021
The study covered 30 apparently healthy individuals and 38 patients with systemic scleroderma. The patients gave their consent to participate in the study in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki in the current (2013 ...
O. I. Emelyanova, I. P. Gontar, O. A. Rusanova, I. A. Zborovskaya   +3 more
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Systemic Sclerosis — Scleroderma

Dermatology Online Journal, 2000
Systemic sclerosis is a clinically heterogeneous, systemic disorder which affects the connective tissue of the skin, internal organs and the walls of blood vessels. It is characterized by alterations of the microvasculature, disturbances of the immune system and by massive deposition of collagen and other matrix substances in the connective tissue ...
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Scleroderma and scleroderma-like syndromes

Frontiers in Immunology
Systemic sclerosis is a systemic connective tissue disease whose main pathophysiological mechanism is a progressive fibrosis of internal organs and skin leading to thickening and induration. Blood vessels may also be involved.
Katarzyna Romanowska-Próchnicka, Martyna Dziewit, Aleksandra Lesiak, Adam Reich, Marzena Olesińska   +4 more
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Localized Scleroderma, Systemic Sclerosis and Cardiovascular Risk: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2017
Recent findings indicate that patients with systemic sclerosis have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. To determine whether patients with systemic sclerosis or localized scleroderma are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, a cohort ...
Jeanette Halskou Hesselvig, Kristian Kofoed, Jashin J. Wu, Lene Dreyer, Gunnar Gislason, Ole Ahlehoff   +5 more
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Central retinal vein occlusion: A patient with systemic sclerosis [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2016
Introduction. Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) is a severe chronic connective tissue disease, which results in involvement of numerous internal organs.
Karadžić Jelena, Radosavljević Aleksandra, Kovačević Igor   +2 more
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Osteopetrosis in a Patient of Systemic Sclerosis Sine Scleroderma: A Rare Association

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2021
Systemic sclerosis is a connective tissue disorder of unknown etiology. Although it is a multisystemic disorder, skin thickening is considered as a hallmark of the disease.
Saroj K. Pati, Praveen Raja, Ajoy K. Behera, T.G. Ranganath, Narendra K. Bodhey   +4 more
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Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Systemic Scleroderma

Turkish Journal of Hematology, 2013
Objective: Antiphospholipid antibodies (APLs) could be associated with an increased risk of vascular pathologies in systemic scleroderma. The aim of our study was to search for APLs in patients affected by systemic scleroderma and to evaluate their ...
Awa Oumar Touré, Fatimata Ly, Abibatou Sall, Alassane Diatta, Macoura Gadji, Moussa Seck, Blaise Faye, Tandakha Dieye, Saliou Diop   +8 more
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Assessment of Skin in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis Using High‐Frequency Ultrasound and Shear Wave Elastography: A Comparative Study With Histology, Molecular, and Clinical Parameters

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Ultrasound (US) has been proposed as a potential tool for assessing skin fibrosis in systemic sclerosis (SSc). However, a large‐scale comparison of US‐based assessment with histologic markers of skin fibrosis has not been reported. We evaluated US‐based skin assessments for their face validity (differentiation between involved SSc and healthy
Ruhani Desai, Filemon Tan, Minghua Wu, Jeffery L. Browning, Samuel Theodore, Meng Zhang, Brian Skaug, Harshdeep Singh Chawla, Manmohan Singh, Salavat Aglyamov, Kirill V. Larin, Maureen Mayes, Shervin Assassi   +12 more
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Uncommon skeletal findings in systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)

South African Journal of Radiology, 2002
Scleroderma or progressive systemic sclerosis is a diffuse disease characterised by excessive deposition of collagen and small-vessel arteritis. Systemic sclerosis is divided into two groups. 1.
Betsie van der Walt, Irma van de Werke, Zarina Lockhat   +2 more
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