title: [Differential diagnosis of Osler's telangiectasia and the CREST syndrome: significance of centromere antibodies].
abstract: The case of a 75-year-old female patient with angiomas and telangiectasia of the face and fingers mimicking Osler's disease (telangiectasia hereditaria hemorrhagica) is reported, in whom the presence of anticentromere antibodies and additional clinical signs led to the final diagnosis of CREST syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Dermatologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stolz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ring
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meurer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000276:immunology*; D002503:Centromere / Q000276:immunology*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000276:immunology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011928:Raynaud Disease / Q000276:immunology; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000276:immunology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000276:immunology; D013577:Syndrome; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies
vernacular_title: Zur Differentialdiagnose von Teleangiektasien bei M. Osler and CREST-Syndrom: Bedeutung von Zentromerantikörpern.