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Imaging Features of Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Published on: June 16, 2020
Rapidly Progressing Secondary Organizing Pneumonia in a Case of Systemic Sclerosis Sine Scleroderma - A Diagnostic
Anish K Shrestha1, Jyotsna Gummadi2, Basem Al Achras1
1MedStar Health Internal Medicine Residency Program, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Abstract:
Systemic sclerosis sine (latin: without) scleroderma (ssSSc), also called visceral scleroderma, is characterized by internal organ involvement and abnormal serologic abnormalities in the complete or partial absence of cutaneous manifestations of systemic sclerosis.1,2 Pulmonary involvement in scleroderma consists of interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension. Usual interstitial pneumonia (45.4%), followed by nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (36.4%) represents the predominant interstitial lung disease in scleroderma.3 Rarely, organizing pneumonia has been described with scleroderma and seldom with systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma in literature.
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