Pulmonary Manifestations in Systemic Sclerosis: Hospital-Based Descriptive Study

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Ravindrachari MulkojuVemuri Mahesh Babu

Abstract

Introduction Prevalence of systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related organ injury is difficult to estimate as it occurs early in SSc, even though patients are often asymptomatic. As the patients with organ damage have a poor prognosis, all the patients should be carefully evaluated and followed‑up in the initial periods. This facilitates the early identification and initiation of appropriate therapy. This study emphasizes on different clinical manifestations and early predictors of lung involvement by using clinical, radiological, and pulmonary function tests in a tertiary care centre.   Materials and methods A total of 53 SSc cases, who satisfied American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2013 criteria, without any overlap syndromes were included in the study. All patients underwent thorough clinical examination along with Modified Rodnan Scoring (MRS) assessment, nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC), chest X-ray (CXR), HRCT thorax, 2D-echocardiography, spirometry and diffusion lung study by carbon monoxide (DLco). Results Out of 53 patients, four were male and 49 were female. Twenty-one patients had limited SSc (lcSSc) and 32 had diffuse SSc (dcSSc). Eighty-three per cent of subjects presented with skin manifestations and 34% with respiratory co...Continue Reading

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