Scleroderma
© William Herring, MD, FACR
Scleroderma
General
90% of patients with disease have lung
disease
About 25% have abnormal chest x-rays
3:1 female to male ratio
Rheumatoid factor found in 35%
Increased incidence of lung cancer
Alveolar cell
Scleroderma
X-ray-1
Diffuse reticular interstitial disease
Primarily at bases
Proceeds from fine to coarse reticulation
Alveolar infiltrates 2° aspiration
From disturbed esophageal motility
Honeycombing
Scleroderma
X-ray-2
Progressive volume loss
Unlike other causes of diffuse fibrosis
except
Hamman-Rich
Pleural disease rare
Unlike RA and lupus
Scleroderma
Other Organs
GI tract
Esophageal dilatation
Small bowel dilatation
Pseudosacculations in colon
Resorption of terminal phalanges
Calcinosis circumscripta
CREST Syndrome
C
alcinosis
R
aynaud’s
E
sophageal dysmotility
S
clerodactyly
T
elangiectasia