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JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
卷 37, 期 3, 页码 603-607出版社
J RHEUMATOL PUBL CO
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090600
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GASTRIC ANTRAL VASCULAR ECTASIA; WATERMELON STOMACH; SCLERODERMA; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS
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Objectives. To evaluate patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) who have gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE), to further characterize this disease association, and to identify factors that may predict which patients with SSc are at greatest risk for the development of GAVE. Methods. Patients with a diagnosis of both SSc and GAVE were identified front the Division of Rheumatology at Georgetown University and Thomas Jefferson University. A chart review was conducted to obtain the demographic data. Results. Twenty-eight patients were included in this analysis, including 17 with diffuse cutaneous (dcSSc) and 11 with limited cutaneous SSc (lcSSc). The mean disease duration at diagnosis with GAVE wits 21.5 months for dcSSc-and 84.3 months for lcSSc (p = 0.025). Seventy-six percent of patients with,dcSSc developed GAVE within 18 months of first scleroderma symptom onset. Over half of patients with early GAVE also had rapidly progressive cutaneous disease. Only-4% had antitopoisomerase I antibody. Although only I patient wits tested and, had positive RNA polymerase (RNAP) 111, RNAP III may be overrepresented in this GAVE population. Mean hematocrit levels were 23.8% in dcSSc and 29% in lcSSc. Conclusion. dcSSc is associated with earlier development of GAVE, as well as more severe anemia requiring more therapeutic interventions. Rapid progression of cutaneous disease may suggest earlier development of GAVE. Absence of antitopoisomerase I antibodies and presence of antibodies to RNAP III/speckled antinuclear antibody pattern may be useful to identify the subset 4 patients with SSc with increased risk for,GAVE. (First Release Jan 15 2010; J Rheumatol 2010;37:603-7: doi:10.3899/jrheum.090600)
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