Mixed connective tissue disease presenting to the acute hand service.

Krishnamoorthy, L; O'Toole, G; Jaffe, W; Henderson, H P · Ann Plast Surg · 1998

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Mixed connective tissue disease is an autoimmune condition with a specific autoantibody. It commonly presents as Raynaud's disease and the patient is usually treated symptomatically. We present an unusual case of mixed connective tissue disease presenting as a acutely inflamed joint with considerable bony destruction.

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