Difference between revisions of "Scleroderma"

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Clinical:
Clinical:
*Anti-centromere antibody (ACA) +ve.
*Anti-centromere antibody (ACA) +ve.
**Common in ''limited systemic scleroderma'', [[AKA]] CREST Syndrome.
**Common in ''limited systemic scleroderma'', [[AKA]] CREST syndrome.
*Scl-70 (topoisomerase I) +ve.
*Scl-70 (topoisomerase I) +ve.
**Common in ''diffuse scleroderma''.
**Common in ''diffuse scleroderma''.
CREST syndrome:
*Calcinosis.
*Raynaud's phenomenon.
*[[esophagus|Esophageal]] dysmotility.
*Sclerodactyly.
*Telangiectasia.


==Associated pathology==
==Associated pathology==

Revision as of 22:49, 3 December 2011

Scleroderma is a disease that keeps rheumatologists busy.

General

Clinical:

  • Anti-centromere antibody (ACA) +ve.
    • Common in limited systemic scleroderma, AKA CREST syndrome.
  • Scl-70 (topoisomerase I) +ve.
    • Common in diffuse scleroderma.

CREST syndrome:

  • Calcinosis.
  • Raynaud's phenomenon.
  • Esophageal dysmotility.
  • Sclerodactyly.
  • Telangiectasia.

Associated pathology

See also