title: Systemic sclerosis terminating as systemic necrotizing angiitis.
abstract: We report a 57-year-old woman with systemic sclerosis (SSc) who died suddenly, following a haemoptysis. At post-mortem, systemic necrotizing angiitis of small vessels was observed in several organs. Necrotizing angiitis has been reported as a rare complication of systemic sclerosis, and is usually lethal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyachi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishii
mesh_terms: D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000473:pathology; D012598:Sclerosis; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology