Linear scleroderma associated with hypertrichosis in the absence of melorheostosis.

Unilateral Nevoid Telangiectasia Associated with Ipsilateral Melorheostosis

Melorheostosis is a rare disorder characterized by irregular, flowing hyperostosis in long bones, commonly described on radiographs as wax flowing down a candle. In addition to bony sclerosis, cutaneous manifestations overlying the involved bones have been reported including linear scleroderma, neurofibromatosis, and vascular and lymphatic malformations. Unilateral nevoid telangiectasia (UNT) i...

Scleroderma and melorheostosis; report of a case.

Primary Hepatic Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma in a Patient with Scleroderma

  Primary Hepatic Lymphoma (PHL) is rare and possibly associated with viral hepatitis and autoimmune diseases. Scleroderma could exceptionally be complicated by lymphoma. We describe PHL occurring in a 52-year-old female suffering scleroderma for eight years, with no history of cytotoxic or high-dose glucocorticoid therapy. CT scan, performed to work-up abdominal discomfort, constipation, and ...

Age, sex and type distribution of localized Scleroderma in patients referred to Boo-Ali Hospital in Tehran, 1995-99

Background: There is no data on the characteristics of patients with localized scleroderma in Iran. Objective: In order to determine the age, sex and type distribution of localized scleroderma in Iran, this study was done on patients referred to Boo-Ali Hospital in Tehran in 1995-1999. Patients and Methods: This study was done as an existing data study on 39 patients with localized scleroderma ...

Diabetes mellitus, Addison's disease and pernicious anaemia.

was osteosclerosis, affecting especially cortical bone and more marked in the three fingers most severely affected by soft-tissue atrophic changes. Osteosclerosis is an unusual but recognized change in ischaemic digits, and arteriograms would have been informative in our case, but were refused by the patient. Localized scleroderma (morphea) may occasionally be associated with certain sclerotic ...