title: Scleroderma and pseudo-scleroderma: uncommon presentations.
abstract: Scleroderma is characterized by major clinical symptoms, but a number of unrelated disease may mimic these features more or less completely. Even scleroderma itself sometimes presents in an unusual manner. This article deals with uncommon presentations of true scleroderma and its variants and pseudo -scleroderma diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, University of Leipzig, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany. ufh@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: Uwe-Frithjof
authors.initials: UF
authors.lastname: Haustein
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000473:pathology; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D009230:Myxedema / Q000473:pathology; D010661:Phenylketonurias / Q000473:pathology; D017119:Porphyria Cutanea Tarda / Q000473:pathology; D011371:Progeria / Q000473:pathology; D012592:Scleredema Adultorum / Q000473:pathology; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology