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Imaging Features of Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Published on: June 16, 2020
Unusual presentation of scleroderma: case report.
1Neurology & Neurophysiology Center, Vienna, Austria.
AME Case Reports
|June 16, 2026
Summary
Systemic sclerosis (SS) rarely presents with neurological, cardiac, and pulmonary issues. This case highlights migraine as an initial symptom of SS, followed by Raynaud's phenomenon, pulmonary hypertension, and POTS.
Area of Science:
- Rheumatology
- Neurology
- Cardiology
- Pulmonology
Background:
- Systemic sclerosis (SS) is a rare autoimmune disease.
- Co-occurrence of neurological, cardiac, and pulmonary disease in SS patients is uncommon.
- This study focuses on a unique patient presentation of SS.
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