Maladie de DupuytrenSummary The prevalence of Raynaud's syndrome, of arterial calcifications and of Dupuytren's contracture was studied in 155 subjects of both sexes, decade by decade from 20 to 90 years. Moreover the force of prehension and two-point discrimination were measured separately. The...
Raynaud's phenomenon is a common, paroxysmal acrosyndrome, affecting about 4% of the general population. Most of the time it is a purely functional condition: Raynaud's disease. However, in rare cases, there is an organic cause and it is then known as Raynaud's phenomenon. In view of ...
Raynaud's phenomenonSystemic sclerosisDigital colour Doppler ultrasoundRaynaud's phenomenon (RP) is a frequent vascular paroxysmal syndrome of the extremities. Generally benign, the condition is called Raynaud's disease (RD), which may reveal a connective tissue disease, particularly systemic sclerosis (...
Raynaud's phenomenon is usually a benign acrosyndrome which few of the currently available therapies improve significantly. This makes the evaluation of the efficacy of vasodilators very difficult, especially as there are no standardised complementary investigations to quantify their effects. Assessment is...
We describe the first case of bilateral hypothenar hammer syndrome (HHS) followed by systemic sclerosis (SSc) that was associated with silica exposure (Erasmus syndrome). The patient was a woman smoothing tiles in an earthenware factory who presented with bilateral digital ischemia associated with ...