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Clinical Rheumatology
Published in: Clinical Rheumatology 10/2008

01-10-2008 | Case Report

Asymmetric scleroderma in a CVA patient

Authors: V. F. Azevedo, C. Mueller, S. C. Aragão

Published in: Clinical Rheumatology | Issue 10/2008

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Abstract

We describe a systemic sclerosis and cerebral vascular accident case in which the cutaneous manifestation and the distal acroosteolysis occurred in an asymmetrical way in the non-paretic limb. The subsequent sclerodermic alterations and the acroosteolysis acquired an asymmetric pattern, sparing the patient’s hemiparetic side. Although a number of definitions of this protective effect may be found in other rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and gout, we found in the literature only one previous case describing the protective effect of the hemiplegia in scleroderma.
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Metadata
Title
Asymmetric scleroderma in a CVA patient
Authors
V. F. Azevedo
C. Mueller
S. C. Aragão
Publication date
01-10-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Clinical Rheumatology / Issue 10/2008
Print ISSN: 0770-3198
Electronic ISSN: 1434-9949
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-008-0915-z

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