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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Diffuse scleroderma
Clinical signs
  • diffuse sclerosis of the skin, disorders of the connective tissue of inner organs and joints
  • hypomimia, microstomia with radial wrinkles
  • sklerodactyly
  • calcifications, teleangiectasiae
  • vasculitis, loss of adnexa
  • multisystemic disease, in addition to the skin (sclerodactyly, Raynaud's phenomenon, changes of the skin of the face, subcutaneous calcifications) the disease affects many other organs: oesophagus, lungs (fibrosis), kidneys, joints
  • CREST syndrome: Calcinosis cutis, Raynaud's phenomenon, Esophageal dysfunction (dysfagia), Sclerodactyly, Teleangiectasia
  • usually slow progression, the course is variable