Undifferentiated connective tissue diseases-related hepatic injury

Undifferentiated connective tissue diseases (UCTD).

The term undifferentiated connective tissue diseases is used to define conditions characterized by the presence of signs and symptoms suggestive of a systemic autoimmune disease that do not satisfy the classificative criteria for defined connective tissue diseases (CTD) such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Sjögren's syndrome (SS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and others. A small percentage ...

Undifferentiated connective tissue diseases in 2004.

The existence of patients with signs and symptoms suggestive of a systemic autoimmune disease but not fulfilling the classification criteria for defined diseases is a common experience in clinical practice. The first description of these diseases dates back to 1980, when LeRoy proposed the term "Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Syndromes" (UCTS) to define the early phases of connective tissue...

Lung Involvement in Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Diseases: A Rheumatology Perspective

Objectives: Studies pointing out the occurrence of Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD) in Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Diseases (UCTD) have been so far derived from patients admitted to Respiratory Medicine Units. We undertook the present prospective study to investigate for the presence of lung involvement, patients admitted to a Rheumatology Unit and diagnosed as UCTD. Materials and Method...

Connective tissue diseases.

Undiagnosed connective tissue diseases

Among different subgroups of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), those associated with connective tissue diseases (CTDs) have distinct hemodynamic and prognostic features; a correct etiologic diagnosis is thus mandatory.To estimate frequency and prognosis of previously undiagnosed CTDs in a suspect idiopathic (i) PAH cohort.Consecutive patients with PAH confirmed by right heart catheterizati...