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Systemic sclerosis with subcutaneous nodules *
Author(s) -
KENNEDY CAMERON,
LEIGH IRENE M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1979.tb15300.x
Subject(s) - rheumatoid nodule , medicine , pathology , nodule (geology) , rheumatoid arthritis , fibrosis , degeneration (medical) , rheumatoid factor , histiocyte , multiple sclerosis , immunology , biology , paleontology
SUMMARY A case of systemic sclerosis with subcutaneous nodules is described. The nodules consited of fibrinoid degeneration with surrounding fibrosis, but lacked the typical histiocytic palisade of the rheumatoid nodule. The patient had neither coexistent rheumatoid arthritis nor circulating rheumatoid factor.