Prodromal trigeminal sensory neuropathy in progressive systemic sclerosis.

Trigeminal sensory neuropathy associated with systemic sclerosis: report of three Brazilian cases.

Dr. Reinaldo Teixeira Ribeiro – Rua Borges Lagoa 71 / 93 04038-030 São Paulo SP Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease manifest by fibrotic tissue changes, microvascular disease, and autoimmune abnormalities. The prevalence of different neurological manifestations in SSc has ranged from 0.8% to 18.5% according to the adopted criteri...

Trigeminal neuropathy as the presenting symptom of systemic sclerosis.

Three cases of systemic sclerosis in which trigeminal neuropathy was the presenting symptom are described. All 3 patients had progressive diseases and 2 died from its complications. In each case extensive neurological investigation was undertaken before the disease was recognized and it is suggested that earlier recognition of the systemic sclerosis might obviate the need for this. Trigeminal n...

Progressive systemic sclerosis.

The pulmonary manifestations of progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) are important determinants of a patient’s prognosis. Although the etiology and pathogenesis of PSS are unknown, it is recognized that this is a complex disease; it is likely that different genetic susceptibilities and environmental exposures lead to the disease in different individuals. Individuals with diffuse PSS tend to dev...

[Progressive, sensory neuropathy in 2 children].

radiological findings in progressive systemic sclerosis (p.s.s.)

radiological findings of 20 patients with scleroderma have been described. we had cornmon and uncommon roentgen signs of scleroderma similar to other series and one case with mid esophagus narrowing which we think have not been reported previously.