Skin Manifestations of Systemic Sclerosis

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Skin sclerosis Dispygmentation Intradermal and subcutaneous calcinosis Telangectasia Ulcerations/scars Telangiectasia and ulcerations/scars are addressed in other parts of the present book. This chapter is confined to the first three aspects….

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Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis

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Fig. 30.1 Thickened, hardened skin with brawny hyperpigmentation and raised plaques on the arm of a patient with NSF. There are fixed flexion contractures of the elbow and fingers Fig….

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Amyloidoses

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Fig. 46.1 Macroglossia in a patient with AL amyloidosis. The tongue is firm to palpation. Note the non-reducible impression in the tongue caused by the teeth Fig. 46.2 The same…

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Skin Manifestations of Behçet’s Disease

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Recurrent oral ulceration Minor aphthous, major aphthous, or herpetiform ulceration observed by physician or patient recurring at least three times in one 12-month period Plus two of: Recurrent genital ulceration…

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Henoch-Schönlein Purpura

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Fig. 39.1 Palpable purpura lesions involve the leg; there is also the sock’s sign Fig. 39.2 A boy with petechiae, ecchymoses and palpable purpura involving the upper and lower extremities,…

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Skin Manifestation in Dermatomyositis

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Fig. 28.1 Gottron’s papule of the knee Fig. 28.2 Gottron’s papules of the hands Fig. 28.3 Heliotrope rash and periorbital edema in a young patient with DM Fig. 28.4 V…

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