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© 1983 British Society for Rheumatology

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PARTIAL FINGER LOSS: AN INDICATOR OF SEVERE CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE WITH OVERLAP FEATURES

G.R. STRUTHERS*, D.L. SCOTT, D.G.I. SCOTT and P.A. BACON

Rheumatism Research Wing, The Medical School, University of Birmingham Birmigham B15 2TJ

Correspondence to: Address correspondence to Dr. D.L. Scott

Six patients are described with partial finger loss due to severe Raynaud's syndrome. In all cases the vascular changes were an early feature of a connective tissue disease with overlap features. It was a poor prognostic feature often heralding severe multisystem involvement with life threatening and on one occasion fatal consequences.

KEY WORDS: Connective tissue disease, Digital ischaemia, Raynaud's syndrome

*Present address: Department of Rheumatology, St. Georg's Hospital, Kograh, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia


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