"enlargement of the cardiac silhouette and pulmonary arteries due to scleroderma induced pulmonary vascular disease may also be evident."
"A helpful clue to the diagnosis on CT is the presence of a dilated oesophagus.Pleural effusions are distinctly uncommon in scleroderma and would favour the diagnosis of either rheumatoid lung or SLE 4."
"scleroderma-related pulmonary arterial hypertension (SSc-PAH)"
"A helpful clue to the diagnosis on CT is the presence of a dilated oesophagus.Pleural effusions are distinctly uncommon in scleroderma and would favour the diagnosis of either rheumatoid lung or SLE 4."
Expected headings
"Complications"
"pathogenesis is unclear but may be due to vascular endothelial injury with subsequent apoptosis, inflammation and dysregulated angiogenesis leading to arterial obliteration and narrowing from fibrosis 6"
"Pulmonary involvement is incurable but some compounds may improve or halt progression. These include cyclophosphamide, glucocorticoids or N-acetylcysteine, although the data is inconclusive 5."