Main description:

A Visual Guide to Scleroderma and Approach to Treatment offers a focused analysis of the diagnosis and management of scleroderma. Specifically designed to enlighten and update students and trainees, practicing rheumatologists and general practitioners on the various forms of systemic sclerosis, the book is designed to be an easily accessible tool that also covers potential complications and the latest treatment developments. A Visual Guide to Scleroderma and Approach to Treatment emphasizes recognition of common clinical features by focusing on and illustrating severe and less severe forms of the disease that can involve internal organs such as the gastrointestinal tract, heart, lungs and kidneys. Photos and radiographs introduce each chapter and are accompanied by a guide to workup and treatment. A comprehensive and invaluable addition to the literature, this text is not only a necessary resource for students, trainees and primary care physicians; it will also be of significant interest to specialists in the fields of rheumatology, dermatology, pulmonology, cardiology, gastroenterology and nephrology.

Contents:

Ch. 1: Brief Overview of Scleroderma: Localized Scleroderma and Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)

Maureen D. Mayes

Ch. 2: Localized Scleroderma

Carolyn A. Bangert

Andrew Kim

Heidi Jacobe

Ch. 3: Skin Manifestations and Musculoskeletal Disease in SSc

Janet Pope

Maureen D. Mayes

Ch. 4: Nailfold Capillaroscopy

Michael Hughes

Ariane L. Herrick

Ch. 5: Ischemic Digital Ulcers

Fredrick M. Wigley

Ch. 6: Lung Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis

John T. Huggins

James G. Ravenel

Richard M. Silver

Ch. 7: Gastrointestinal Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis

Dinesh Khanna

Jason Baker

Philip Clements

Christopher P. Denton

Ch. 8: Calcinosis Cutis in Systemic Sclerosis

Gloria A. Salazar

Maureen D. Mayes

Ch. 9: Systemic Sclerosis Mimics

Gloria A. Salazar

Virginia D. Steen

Maureen D. Mayes