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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-10-21
pubmed:abstractText
Diffuse fasciitis (DF) shares clinical and pathologic features with systemic (SS) and localized scleroderma. The distinct pathologic feature in DF is involvement of the deep fascia, but it is not known if these changes consistently occur in SS. In this study, ten patients with SS underwent deep biopsies for evaluation of the fascia. All cases showed typical dermal histologic findings of scleroderma, and five cases showed thickening and fibrosis of the fascia. This study provides evidence that fascial involvement is not distinctive of DF but may occur in SS. It appears that thickening of the fascia is another morphologic feature shared between DF and SS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0190-9622
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
36-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
The fascia in systemic scleroderma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article