PubMed · 1985 · 29 citations · 0 references
RheumatologyVasculitisSystemic Lupus ErythematosusSystemic SclerodermaLupusRheumatic DiseasesMedicinePathologyPaediatric RheumatologyNon-erosive Hand DeformityDermatologyDermatopathologySclerodermaRheumatic FeverOrthopaedic SurgeryRheumatoid ArthritisConnective Tissue Disease
Two patients with scleroderma developed a non-erosive hand deformity resembling Jaccoud's arthropathy. Neither had a history of rheumatic fever or clinical and serological features of systemic lupus erythematosus. This type of arthropathy may be more common in scleroderma than is currently appreciated.