Systemic Sclerosis with Multiple Pulmonary Manifestations

Systemic Sclerosis with Multiple Pulmonary Manifestations

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Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune multisystem disorder characterized by endothelial dysfunction and fibroblast dysfunction, which results My Mom Dad Is Well Trained Funny Cartoon Dog Gift For Dog Lover Personalized Shirt in progressive fibrosis of the skin and internal organs more frequently the lungs and gastro intestinal tract.Pulmonary involvement is common in the course of SSc, with Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) being the leading causes of death.Here we report, case of an elderly female patient presenting with Diffuse SSc with multiple uncommon pulmonary manifestations like ILD with Usual Interstitial Pneumonia (UIP) pattern (usually less common), PAH and here right sided pleural effusion.