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Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a generalised connective tissue disease of unknown origin, which clinically shows by skin thickening and sclerosis of different extent (scleroderma) and by typical involvement of visceral organs. At the same time fibrotic and sclerotic changes occur in the blood vesel walls. SSc usually involves females at young and middle age. Myalgias, arthralgias and arthritis are nonspecific, tendon friction rubs in fingers are more typical for this diagnosis. Gastrointestinal involvement starts early in the oropharyngeal part, esophagus and proceeds into the distal parts. Fibrotic changes lead to slow transit dysmotility and pseudoobstruction and/or dilation of the bowels. The main symptoms are dysphagia, pyrosis, malabsorption and constipation. SSc produces two major patterns of abnormality within the lungs a fibrosing alveolitis or a primary pulmonary vascular disease. More frequently an insterstitial process develops which can be followed by pulmonary arterial hypertension. Cardiac involvement can also have different forms. Myocardial fibrosis usually appears at first in the conduction system by arrhythmias and various conduction blocks while pericarditis is mostly asymptomatic. Renal manifestation of SSc is observed in 8-10% patients. The most severe form--scleroderma renal crisis is characterised by the new onset of accelerated hypertension and rapidly progressive oliguric renal failure. No therapies have been proven to modify the course of SSc. Some of the drugs can affect only the skin changes. Majority of the currently applied agents have only a symptomatic effect.
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PMID:[New trends in diagnosis and treatment of systemic sclerosis]. 1696 13

A 57 year old woman presenting with heartburn and a one month history of epigastric abdominal pain and left hypochondrium pain. After conducting an ultrasound scan and a CT scan, a low attenuation lesion in the spleen was found, and the definitive diagnosis was sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen (STANT) which was based on a splenectomy and a pathologic study. SANT is a benign rare vascular disease consisting of proliferation of angiomatoid/vascular nodules which predominantly affects women aged 27 to 68. It is usually detected as a coincidental finding in asymptomatic patients. The presumptive diagnosis is established by imaging tests, especially CT and MR; and the final diagnosis is as well established on the basis of pathology after a splenectomy.
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PMID:Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen. A case report. 2825 44