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Publications and source records attributed to J V Almela Requena.
A 42 year old female, diagnosed as having Sweet's syndrome, is presented as a new case of this rare disease (less than 100 cases reported before 1985) and the literature of the syndrome is reviewed. The clinical and histological features and its association with other diseases, especially the pathogenesis and treatment, are commented on.
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A case of CREST syndrome (calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal hypomotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia) that initially showed Raynaud's phenomenon, sclerodactyly and polyarthralgias, 3 years later completing the process, associated to sicca syndrome, is presented. The esophageal affectation showed a loss of peristalsis of the inferior 2/3, as well as hypotonia of the gastroesophageal sphincter. We comment the prognostic relationship between CREST syndrome and the centromeric region antibodies.
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