Abstract:PurposeThe purpose of this study was to assess the skin involvement in systemic scleroderma patients (SSc) with 2D‐Shear Wave Elastography (2D‐SWE) and to review the corelation between skin elasticity and pulmonary involvement.MethodsThirty SSc patients and 30 controls were examined using 2D‐SWE. The demographics matched both groups. B‐mode ultrasound (US) and 2D‐SWE assessed skin thickness and elastography from the ventral side of the right forearm in each subjective. ROC analysis determined optimal group sep… Show more
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