Background: Calcinosis is a morbid complication of dermatomyositis (DM) and systemic sclerosis (SSc) with no effective pharmacologic treatment or validated whole-body assessment modality. 18 F-NaF PET ...

A 55-year-old woman with a history of scleroderma presented after 5 days of experiencing fever, chills and progressive swelling of her right thumb (Fig. 1). The thumb was exquisitely tender to touch.

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AS early as 1891 Dinkier 1 pointed out that scleroderma is a systemic disease that may affect the connective tissue of many organs. Therefore, a more appropriate name would be, "progressive systemic ...

Scleroderma, also sometimes referred to as systemic sclerosis, is a chronic autoimmune disorder that involves a progressive hardening of the skin. An excess of collagen and other connective tissues in ...

Localized scleroderma, as the term denotes, is localized to the skin on the hands and face. It is characterized by slow progression and rarely transforms to the systemic type. Localized scleroderma is ...