Progressive systemic sclerosis in a child

Abstract

Systemic sclerosis is a clinically heterogeneous systemic disease affecting the connective tissues of skin, walls of blood vessels and internal organs like lung, heart and kidneys. Systemic sclerosis is very unusual in pediatric population. Children represent fewer than 10% of all cases. We report a case of 11 years old girl of progressive systemic sclerosis presenting with features of cutaneous sclerosis, microstomia, mask-like facies, sclerodactyly, esophageal dysmotility, Raynaud′s phenomenon, arthralgia and pulmonary fibrosis.

Keywords

• Microstomia
• progressive systemic sclerosis
• pulmonary fibrosis
• Raynaud′s phenomenon
• sclerodactyly