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Systemic sclerosis and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

Y Sidi¹, R Fadilah, J Pinkhas

¹Department of Internal Medicine D, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.

Postgraduate Medical Journal

|December 1, 1990

Summary

This study describes three patients with CREST syndrome (calcinosis, Raynaud phenomena, oesophageal hypomotility, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The findings suggest a potential non-random association between these conditions.

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Area of Science:

Rheumatology
Hematology
Immunology

Background:

CREST syndrome, a variant of systemic sclerosis, is a rare autoimmune disease.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a common type of leukemia affecting B-cells.