Ultrasound in Scleroderma

Subclinical dermal involvement is detectable by high frequency ultrasound even in patients with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis

The aim of the study was to detect by skin high-frequency ultrasound (US) possible subclinical skin involvement in patients affected by limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc), in those skin areas apparently not affected by the disease on the basis of a normal modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS)….
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Detection of severe digital vasculopathy in systemic sclerosis by colour Doppler sonography is associated with digital ulcers

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