CREST SyndromeSigns and SymptomsDiagnosisSystemic scleroderma (SSc) is a multisystem disease with microvascular abnormalities, autoimmune disorders, excessive collagen production and deposition, and fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. According to the simplest, though incomplete classification, there are...
A 52- and 61-year-old Japanese woman with PBC–CREST overlap syndrome accompanied by Sjögren's syndrome, and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, and Graves’ disease, respectively, are reported. They had suffered from Raynaud’s phenomena, sclerodactyly, morning stiffness, arthralgia, and sicca symptoms ...
osteoarticular signs and symptomsLimited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) was formerly known as CREST syndrome in reference to the associated clinical features: Calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, Esophageal dysfunction, Sclerodactyly, and Telangiectasias. The transforming growth factor beta (T...
CREST syndromeSystemic sclerodermaXerostomiaDental prosthesisThe CREST syndrome is characterized by calcinosis, Raynaud's syndrome, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia. It has signs and symptoms in the stomatognathic system that deserve consideration in its treatment. The objective of ...