Pancreatic necrosis in progressive systemic sclerosis.
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Pancreatic necrosis in progressive systemic sclerosis.
Fatal pancreatic necrosis, secondary to extensive acute arteritic changes, is reported in a case of progressive systemic sclerosis. The patient presented first with hypertension and renal involvement, with active vascular lesions demonstrated by biopsy. The renal lesion at necropsy was inactive, showing the characteristic concentric fibrosis only, while the pancreatic vascular lesions were both...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.39.4.396