| ISN
PHOTO REPOSITORY: Main Page |
| Scleroderma
(SD) affects everyone differently. Just because something is
shown here does not mean an individual patient will ever experience
it. Also see About
Scleroderma |
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| ISN
Photo Repository: Photo Donation Form |
| ISN
Photo Repository Photo Donation Form. We welcome your
photos of scleroderma or related illneses or symptoms to
post by our nonprofit agency on this web site or in other
media! International Scleroderma
Network. |
| Pictures of Alopecia |
 Alopecia
(hair loss) may occur with Scleroderma, if it affects
the scalp. It may also occur due to the side effects of
some treatments for Scleroderma symptoms, such as chemotherapy. |
| Pictures of Calcinosis
(Calcium Deposits) |
 Calcinosis
on Fingertip. The calcium nodule is an ugly thing, with
lots of irregularities to hang onto flesh. My wife has had
scleroderma for about 30 years. She is now having painful
calcium nodules forming in her fingertips. ISN Photo Repository,
contributed by Jorge. |
 Calcinosis
on Dime. The particle shown on this dime followed a smaller
particle which was removed from the same fingertip about
3 weeks earlier. The finger failed to heal and my wife picked
at the second piece of calcium for about 2 weeks before it
finally came out. Painful calcium deposits are supposed to
be removed by a doctor to help prevent infection or complications,
although sometimes they burst or come out on their own. ISN
Photo Repository, contributed by Jorge. |
| Also see: Calcinosis by
ISN. |
| Pictures
of Gangrene |
 Photo
of Gangrene Severe cases of systemic
scleroderma and Raynaud's may
cause a total lack of blood supply to the extremities. When
this happens, necrosis (death of tissue) and gangrene may
set in, sometimes making it necessary to have the affected
part(s) amputated. Gangrene sets in more frequently among
scleroderma patients who smoke or use caffeine, because such
substances further constrict blood vessels. ISN. |
| Localized Scleroderma
(Morphea and Linear) Photos |
| Morphoea.
Includes pictures of Generalized Morphea, Pansclerotic Disabling
Morphea, and Atrophoderma of Pierinii and Pasini. New Zealand
Dermatological Society. |
| Also see: Types
of Scleroderma, Morphea
Scleroderma, Linear
Scleroderma |
| Overlap Syndrome:
Dermatomyositis and Scleroderma |
| Also see: Overlap
Syndrome by ISN. |
| Pictures of Raynaud's,
Cold Hands |
 ISN Photo Repository: Raynaud's (Alexandra M.) ISN. |
 ISN
Photo Repository: Raynauds (Joyce) ISN. |
 ISN
Photo Repository: Raynauds (Judith), ISN. |
 ISN Photo Repository: Raynaud's (Shelly S). ISN. |
| Also see: Raynaud's by
ISN. |
| Pictures of Scleredema |
| Photos
of Scleredema. Scleredema is an illness similar to scleroderma.
It is also known as Scleredema Adultorum, Scleredema Adultorum
of Buschke, Scleredema Diabeticorum, and Scleredema Diabeticorum
of Buschke. (Also see: Scleredema) |
| Pictures of Sclerodactyly
or Scleroderma Hands |
 Photos
of Sclerodactyly. The most classic symptom of systemic
sclerosis (scleroderma) is sclerodactyly.
Initial symptoms include swollen hands, which sometimes progress
to this tapering and claw-like deformity. Not everyone with
scleroderma develops this degree of skin hardening. However,
it is this symptom that has earned scleroderma the nickname
of 'the disease that turns people to stone'. ISN Photo
Repository, contributed by Sherrill Knaggs and Cindy G. |
| Also see: Sclerodactyly by
ISN. |
| Pictures of Scleroderma
Skin Ulcers |
 Photos
of Scleroderma Digital (Finger) Ulcers Scleroderma and
Raynaud's can cause painful ulcers on the fingers or toes,
which are known as digital
ulcers. No treatment for finger ulcers should be undertaken
without the supervision of a physician — it's very important
to treat finger ulcers properly, to prevent complications
such as serious infection, gangrene or possible amputation. ISN
Photo Repository, contributed by Cindy G. |
 Photo
of Digital (Finger) Ulcer from Mixed Connective Tissue
Disease (MCTD). This digital
ulcer is 14 weeks old. It was caused by secondary Raynaud's
phenomenon, in a patient with Mixed
Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD). The MCTD was diagnosed
5 years ago, after thyroid gland
removal. ISN Photo Repository, contributed by Jeanne N. |
 Digital Ulcer from Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD). When I was eighteen my rheumatologist diagnosed me with rheumatoid arthritis. Later at the age of twenty-one, another doctor said it looks more like C.R.E.S.T. Scleroderma . Now I'm twenty-six and the same doctor who diagnosed me with rheumatoid arthritis says its mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD). ISN Photo Repository, contributed by Rosemarie. |
 Photo
of Scleroderma Leg Ulcer ISN Photo Repository,
contributed by Sylvia Finegan. |
| Also see: Digital
Ulcers by ISN. |
| Systemic Scleroderma
(Limited, Diffuse, CREST, and Overlap) Pictures |
| Photos
of Scleroderma Symptoms in Dermatology Image Atlas. Johns
Hopkins University. |
| Also see: Types
of Scleroderma , Limited
Scleroderma, Diffuse
Scleroderma, CREST
Scleroderma, and Overlap
Syndrome. ISN. |
| Pictures of Telangiectasia |
| Telangiectasias Photos. DermAtlas.org |
| Pictures of Watermelon
Stomach |
| Watermelon
Stomach photo. Jackson Gastroenterology |
| Vascular
Ectasia of the Gastric Antrum. To view their photos requires
site registration. The New England Journal of Medicine,
7-16-98,Vol. 339, No. 3. NEJM. |
| Also see: Watermelon
Stomach. ISN. |
