Systemic sclerosis terminating as systemic necrotizing angiitis.
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.
Ishikawa
O
O
Department of Dermatology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
Tamura
T
T
Ohnishi
K
K
Miyachi
Y
Y
Ishii
K
K
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