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. 2020 Nov;20(6):580–587. doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0754

Table 1.

Secondary causes of Raynaud's phenomenon. Reproduced from Devgire V, Hughes M. Raynaud's phenomenon. Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2019;80:658–64.

Vascular (usually proximal large vessel disease, often unilateral symptoms) Compressive (eg cervical rib)
Obstructive: non-inflammatory (ie atherosclerosis); inflammatory vascular disease (eg thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease))
Occupational Hand–arm-vibration syndrome (vibration white finger)
Autoimmune conditions Systemic sclerosis
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Sjogren's syndrome
Mixed connective tissue disease/overlap syndromes
Undifferentiated connective tissue disease
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
Drug-/chemical-related Amphetamines
Beta-blockers
Bleomycin
Cisplatin
Clonidine
Cyclosporine
Interferons
Methysergide
Polyvinyl chloride
Conditions associated with increased plasma viscosity and reduced digital perfusion Cryoglobulinaemia
Cryofibrinogenaemia
Paraproteinaemia
Malignancy (including as a paraneoplastic phenomenon)
Other causes and associations Carpal tunnel syndrome
Frostbite
Hypothyroidism