A 55-year-old woman with a history of scleroderma presented after 5 days of experiencing fever, chills and progressive swelling of her right thumb (Fig. 1). The thumb was exquisitely tender to touch.

Calcinosis cutis, a debilitating deposition of calcium salts in the skin and subcutaneous tissues, is a frequent and challenging complication in patients with systemic sclerosis and other connective ...

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The management of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) can be challenging because disease-associated damage is often difficult to reverse and curative therapies are not yet available. Early ...

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Scleroderma, also sometimes referred to as systemic sclerosis, is a chronic autoimmune disorder that involves a progressive hardening of the skin. An excess of collagen and other connective tissues in ...