Keywords:
Lung, Lymph nodes, Mediastinum, CT, PACS, CT-High Resolution, Sclerosis, Diagnostic procedure, Chronic obstructive airways disease, Connective tissue disorders, Cysts
Authors:
F. Ufuk, B. Yagci, P. Cakmak, E. Sağtaş, M. ARSLAN; Denizli/TR
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2018/C-0238
Aims and objectives
Systemic sclerosis (SS),
also known as scleroderma,
is an autoimmune collagen vascular disease (CVD) of unknown etiology and it causes abnormal collagen growth in tissues such as skin,
lung,
heart and digestive tract.
SS usually characterized by swelling in the fingertips,
joint pain and excessive tension and hardness of skin.
Pulmonary involvement is common in patients with SS and it is the most common cause of mortality [1-3].
In SS patients,
pulmonary involvement is seen as interstitial lung disease and parenchymal involvement prominent in the basal and sub-pleural regions,
especially in the form of ground-glass densities and honeycombing [4].
There are many studies examining the findings of pulmonary involvement in SS patients at any time during the illness [5-8].
However,
pulmonary manifestations of SS-ILD may change with age of the patients at the time of initial diagnosis,
medication and disease duration.
Our aim was to evaluate the HRCT findings in patients with SS-ILD at the time of initial diagnosis and demonstrate the relationship between the age at initial diagnosis and HRCT findings.