title: Scleroderma mimicking the acute abdomen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA. LCoughlinMD@gmail.com
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Coughlin
authors.forename: Dorothy A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sparks
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Chase
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods