FIBROBLASTIC RHEUMATISM - CLINICAL AND HISTOLOGIC EVOLUTION OF CUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS

Citation
Ag. Fam et al., FIBROBLASTIC RHEUMATISM - CLINICAL AND HISTOLOGIC EVOLUTION OF CUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS, Journal of rheumatology, 25(11), 1998, pp. 2261-2266
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
ISSN journal
0315162X
Volume
25
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2261 - 2266
Database
ISI
SICI code
0315-162X(1998)25:11<2261:FR-CAH>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Correlation of the clinical manifestations of a patient with fibroblas tic rheumatism with sequential skin biopsy findings revealed an early inflammatory stage with cutaneous nodules, patchy erythematous skin le sions, polyarthritis, dermal lymphomonocytic infiltrates, and fibrobla stic and myofibroblastic proliferation, followed by a chronic stage wi th sclerodactyly, joint ankylosis, deformities and dense dermal fibros is. Treatment of this rare disorder in its early active stages may pre vent the development of incapacitating joint sequelae.