Systemic sclerosis and digital gangrene without scleroderma

J Rheumatol. 1988;15(5):875-7.

Abstract

We report a case of a 67-year-old man with digital gangrene and no other cutaneous evidence of scleroderma. The presence of anticentromere antibody, scleroderma pattern capillary abnormalities, and the histology of the digital artery all supported a diagnosis of systemic sclerosis. Newer diagnostic tools may identify patients who do not fit easily into the current classification of that disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies / analysis
  • Arteries / pathology
  • Capillaries / pathology
  • Centromere / immunology
  • Fingers / blood supply
  • Fingers / pathology*
  • Gangrene
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nails / blood supply
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / complications*
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies