Radiology · 1976 · 51 citations · 0 references
MedicinePathologyRadiologyDiagnostic ImagingDiagnostic RadiologyRheumatologyConnective Tissue DiseasesConnective Tissue DisordersSystemic Autoimmune DiseaseSystemic Lupus ErythematosusSystemic SclerosisConnective Tissue Disease PathologyConnective Tissue Disorder SyndromesDisease SubsetsOverlapping Autoimmune Disease
The radiological, clinical, and laboratory features found in seven patients with scleroderma-SLE overlap, including three with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD), are described. There were no distinctive roentgenographic features which differentiated those with MCTD from the others with a clinical overlap syndrome of scleroderma and SLE. When features of both coexist in a single patient the radiologist may be the first to suggest the correct diagnosis of overlap syndrome of MCTD.