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. 2013 Sep;58(5):400-1.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.117326.

Anti scl-70 antibody positive systemic sclerosis in a patient with lung cancer: a paraneoplastic or a purely coincidental phenomenon?

Anusree Gangopadhyay  1 , Sumit Sen, Biswanath Naskar, Gobinda Chatterjee
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Anti scl-70 antibody positive systemic sclerosis in a patient with lung cancer: a paraneoplastic or a purely coincidental phenomenon?

Anusree Gangopadhyay et al. Indian J Dermatol. 2013 Sep.
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Figures

Figure 1a
Figure 1a
Sclerodermatous face showing constricted mouth, hyperpigmented, stiff skin of face and upper trunk which also shows lesions of herpes zoster
Figure 1b
Figure 1b
Sclerodactyly with flexion contracture
Figure 2
Figure 2
Photomicrograph of hematoxylin-eosin stained section of skin showing mild thinning of the epidermis, hyalinization of the dermal collagen, sparse lymphocytic infiltrate
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