Progressive systemic sclerosis

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Progressive systemic sclerosis
Classification and external resources
ICD-10	M 34.0
ICD-9	710.1
MeSH	D045743

Progressive systemic sclerosis is a generalized disorder of connective tissue in which there is thickening of dermal collagen bundles, and fibrosis and vascular abnormalities in internal organs.^[1]

References

^ James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. Page 172. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.

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Systemic CT disorders (M32–M36, 710)

General

Systemic lupus erythematosus: Drug-induced SLE · Libman-Sacks endocarditis

Inflammatory myopathy/Myositis: Dermatopolymyositis (Dermatomyositis/Juvenile dermatomyositis, Polymyositis) · Inclusion body myositis

Scleroderma: Systemic scleroderma (Progressive systemic sclerosis, CREST syndrome)

Overlap syndrome / Mixed connective tissue disease

Other hypersensitivity/autoimmune

Sjögren's syndrome

Other

Behçet's disease · Polymyalgia rheumatica · Eosinophilic fasciitis · Eosinophilia–myalgia syndrome · fibrillin (Marfan syndrome, Congenital contractural arachnodactyly)

M: MUS, DF+DRCT

anat (h/n, u, t/d, a/p, l)/phys/devp/hist

noco(m, s, c)/cong(d)/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug (M1A/3)

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