VASCULITIS IN SYSTEMIC-SCLEROSIS - ASSOCIATION WITH SJOGRENS-SYNDROME AND THE CREST SYNDROME VARIANT
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 14 (5) , 942-948
Abstract
We describe 7 patients with established systemic sclerosis who developed clinical evidence of vasculitis 1 to 33 (mean 12.7) years after the first symptoms of scleroderma. Six had the CREST variant of systemic sclerosis and also had features of Sjogren''s syndrome (SS). Five of 6 patients tested had serum anti-SSA (Ro) antibodies. Vasculitis presented primarily as cutaneous lesions with ulceration and/or mononeuritis multiplex, and 6 patients had severe systemic manifestations. Vasculitis was histopathologically documented in 6 cases in biopsies of skin (4 of 4), muscle (2 of 3) and sural nerve (3 of 3). Patients with systemic sclerosis with CREST syndrome and SS appear to be at increased risk to develop vasculitis.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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