Systemic sclerosis (SS): neurological features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Systemic sclerosis (SS): neurological features. Headache, Cognitive impairment, Chorea, Seizures. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Central neurological features
- Headache
- Cognitive impairment
- Chorea
- Seizures
- Superficial siderosis: case report
- Compressive myelopathy: this is secondary to spinal calcinosis
- Acute cerebral vasculopathy: this is due to vasospasm
Psychiatric features
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Peripheral neuropathy (PN)
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Mononeuropathies
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Cranial neuropathies
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Myopathies
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Other features
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Synonym
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References
- Averbuch-Heller L, Steiner I, Abramsky O. Neurologic manifestations of progressive systemic sclerosis. Arch Neurol 1992; 49:1292-1295.
- Lee P, Bruni J, Sukenik S. Neurological manifestations in systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). J Rheumatol 1984; 11:480-483.
- Amaral TN, Peres FA, Lapa AT, Marques-Neto JF, Appenzeller S. Neurologic involvement in scleroderma: a systematic review. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2013; 43:335-347.
- Seijo Martínez M, Castro del Río M, Losada Campa A, Varela Freijanes A, Rodríguez M. Chorea as the presenting form of progressive systemic sclerosis. Neurologia 2000; 15:304-306.
- Navon P, Halevi A, Brand A, Branski D, Rubinow A. Progressive systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma in a child presenting as nocturnal seizures and Raynaud's phenomenon. Acta Paediatr 1993; 82:122-123.
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