A 55-year-old woman with a history of scleroderma presented after 5 days of experiencing fever, chills and progressive swelling of her right thumb (Fig. 1). The thumb was exquisitely tender to touch.

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Among patients with juvenile dermatomyositis, calcinosis was associated with longer active disease duration, disease severity and clinical features such as lipodystrophy and joint contractures, ...

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Despite the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors to prevent scleroderma renal crisis (SRC), it occurs in 6% of all patients with SSc, and in 10–15% of those with diffuse SSc; 40% of the ...

Scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis, is a chronic connective tissue disease which is classified as one of the autoimmune rheumatic diseases. The disease primarily affects the skin, therefore, the the ...

Scleroderma, also sometimes referred to as systemic sclerosis, is a chronic autoimmune disorder that involves a progressive hardening of the skin. An excess of collagen and other connective tissues in ...

Currently, the early diagnosis of SSc and related organ involvement is possible ( Table 1 & Table 2. In fact, RP, ANA and puffy fingers, identified as red flags, and specific antibodies ...