Osteolysis of the shaft of tubular bones in systemic scleroderma. Diagnostic imaging in clinical medicine. [Diagn Imaging Clin Med] Journal article

This case report describes a woman with progressive systemic sclerosis who, in addition to the more classical acro-osteolysis, demonstrated destruction of the shafts of the phalanges and the ulna. The literature on bone lysis in atypical sites in scleroderma is reviewed and the etiology discussed.

Diagnostic imaging in clinical medicine. [Diagn Imaging Clin Med]

Bone Resorption
Female
Fingers
Humans
Middle Aged
Osteolysis
Scleroderma, Systemic
Ulna