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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Epidemiol. 2014 Apr 8;67(6):706–714. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.12.009
Patient features may have been present in the past or at present.

Clinical case presentation and progress (include disease duration):
52 year old Caucasian female
Clinical features

⊠ Yes □ No Skin thickening
Describe location, extent, progression: thickened skin over fingers, hands, arms, face, anterior chest, abdomen, legs and feet

□ Yes ⊠ No Abnormal nailfold capillaries consistent with scleroderma
□ Yes ⊠ No Calcinosis
□ Yes ⊠ No Digital pulp loss or acro-osteolysis
□ Yes ⊠ No Dysphagia for solids
⊠ Yes □ No Esophageal dilation
□ Yes ⊠ No Finger flexion contracture
⊠ Yes □ No Finger tip ulcers or pitting scars
⊠ Yes □ No Puffy fingers
⊠ Yes □ No Interstitial lung disease or pulmonary fibrosis
□ Yes ⊠ No Pulmonary arterial hypertension
⊠ Yes □ No Gastro-esophageal reflux disease
⊠ Yes □ No Raynaud’s phenomenon
□ Yes ⊠ No Renal crisis
□ Yes ⊠ No Telangiectasias
□ Yes ⊠ No Tendon or bursal friction rubs

Laboratory features

⊠ Positive □ Negative Antinuclear antibody
□ Positive ⊠ Negative Anti-centromere antibody
⊠ Positive □ Negative Anti-topoisomerase-I antibody
□ Positive ⊠ Negative Anti-PM-Scl antibody
□ Positive ⊠ Negative Anti-RNA polymerase III antibody

Investigations

⊠ Yes □ No DLCO < 80% predicted
⊠ Yes □ No FVC < 80% predicted

Any other information which may be relevant to the probability this patient has Systemic Sclerosis: