下肢孤立性硬化症被误诊为淋巴结胀,并呈现出硬化症危机
Hammad Ali1,2, Lais Lopes Almeida Gomes1,2, Touraj Khosravi-Hafshejani1,2
1Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Journal of scleroderma and related disorders
|May 19, 2025
概括
系统性硬化症 (SSc) 最初可以模仿淋巴,特别是在下肢. 早期识别非典型的SSc至关重要,以预防严重的并发症,如硬性硬化症危机.
科学领域:
- 类风湿病学 类风湿病学
- 皮肤病学 皮肤病学
- 腎臟病學 (nephrology) 是一種醫學專業.
背景情况:
- 系统性硬化症 (SSc) 是一种纤维性自身免疫性疾病,通常会影响皮肤和内脏.
- 常见的SSc症状包括雷诺现象和上肢皮肤变厚.
- 下肢占主导地位的SSc很少见,并且经常被误诊为淋巴.
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