Scleroderma

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Diagnosis

Major and minor criteria for the diagnosis of scleroderma were developed by the American College of Rheumatology. The major criterion is thickening of the skin on arms (usually the fingers and hands) and on the face, neck, chest, or abdomen. Minor criteria include thickening of the skin on the fingers, depressions (called pitting) or tissue loss of the pads of the fingers, and the development of abnormal tissue at the base of both lungs (bibasilar pulmonary fibrosis). A patient ...Read the full article