TY - JOUR
T1 - Large artery disease in scleroderma
T2 - Case report and review of the literature
AU - Rat, A. C.
AU - Varga, J.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Involvement of the large arteries in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been only rarely reported. We describe the case of a 56-year-old woman with early diffuse cutaneous SSc who presented with acute unilateral digital ischemia. Evaluation identified thrombosis at the site of a previous subclavian-to-common carotid artery bypass, rather than Raynaud's phenomenon, as the cause of ischemia. A review of the literature indicates that large artery involvement, although a relatively uncommon clinical manifestation, can be frequently detected in the lower limbs as well as the ulnar arteries in patients with SSc.
AB - Involvement of the large arteries in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been only rarely reported. We describe the case of a 56-year-old woman with early diffuse cutaneous SSc who presented with acute unilateral digital ischemia. Evaluation identified thrombosis at the site of a previous subclavian-to-common carotid artery bypass, rather than Raynaud's phenomenon, as the cause of ischemia. A review of the literature indicates that large artery involvement, although a relatively uncommon clinical manifestation, can be frequently detected in the lower limbs as well as the ulnar arteries in patients with SSc.
KW - Arterial occlusive disease
KW - Peripheral vascular disease
KW - Raynaud's phenomenon
KW - Scleroderma
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U2 - 10.1097/00124743-200008000-00006
DO - 10.1097/00124743-200008000-00006
M3 - Article
C2 - 19078471
AN - SCOPUS:0033870757
SN - 1076-1608
VL - 6
SP - 198
EP - 203
JO - Journal of Clinical Rheumatology
JF - Journal of Clinical Rheumatology
IS - 4
ER -