Systemic Sclerosis Sine Scleroderma.

نویسندگان

  • Piyush Manoria
  • Prakash Joshi
  • Padmnabh Sharma
  • R K Jha
چکیده

Systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma is a rare form of limited systemic sclerosis. These patients are without skin involvement, but do not differ in its clinical or laboratory features and prognosis from classical systemic sclerosis. In the absence of cutaneous signs/symptoms, its diagnosis is delayed leading to significant morbidity and mortality. We report a case of sixty year old female who presented to us with dyspnoea on exertion and Raynaud's phenomenon. She was investigated and was found to have this disorder with pulmonary artery hypertension.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India

دوره 62 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014