Abstract
A patient with generalised cutaneous and gastrointestinal scleroderma subsequently died from respiratory failure secondary to hyperventilation. At necropsy changes consistent with scleroderma of the diaphragm were found; these were thought to have contributed appreciably to the terminal respiratory failure.
This case indicates that diaphragmatic changes should be added to the list of respiratory complications of scleroderma.
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