Key result
Rare case links scleroderma to concurrent cystic lung changes and mitral stenosis.
Why the study?
Scleroderma patients have been found to have pulmonary fibrosis and rarely cystic lung changes, with few reported cases of clinical association with mitral stenosis.
Design
Case report
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to rare cystic lung changes in scleroderma; leaves open prevalence, mechanisms, and surveillance needs.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report documents a rare clinical association between scleroderma, honeycomb lung, and mitral stenosis confirmed by necropsy.
Evans et al. (1954) conducted a case report in Scleroderma (n=1). Scleroderma was evaluated on Clinical course and necropsy findings. A 51-year-old woman with scleroderma presented with the rare clinical association of cystic changes in the lungs and mitral stenosis.
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