Progressive systemic sclerosis Findings LESIONS OF THE EYELIDS
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The ocular manifestations of progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) have been described by Manschot (i 965), Nelken and Michaelson (196 I), Pollack and Becker (1962), and Stucchi and Geiser (I967). These reports were mainly limited to isolated cases, although Stucchi and Geiser (i967) studied a series of fourteen patients-thirteen with generalized scleroderma and one in whom the scleroderma was circumscribed.
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