ObjectiveTo describe demographic, clinical and laboratory features of systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma (ssSSc) in a large multicentre systemic sclerosis (SSc) cohort.MethodsData involving 1808 SSc patients from Italian Systemic sclerosis PRogression INvestiGation registry were collected. The ssSSc was defined by the absence of any cutaneous sclerosis and/or puffy fingers. Clinical and serological features of ssSSc were compared with limited cutaneous (lcSSc) and diffuse cutaneous (dcSSc) subsets.ResultsAmong patients with SSc, only 61 (3.4%) were classified as having ssSSc (F/M=19/1). Time from Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) onset to diagnosis was longer in ssSSc (3 years, IQR 1-16.5) than lcSSc (2 years, IQR 0-7), and dcSSc (1 year, IQR 0-3) (p<0.001). Clinical ssSSc phenotype was comparable to lcSSc, except for digital pitting scars (DPS) (19.7% vs 42%, p=0.01), but significantly milder than dcSSc, particularly for digital ulcers (DU) (6.6% vs 35.7%, p<0.001), oesophagus (46.2% vs 63.5%, p=0.009), lung (mean diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide 72.2 +/- 19.6 vs 62.4 +/- 22.8, p=0.009; mean forced vital capacity 105.6 +/- 21.7 vs 89.2 +/- 20.9, p<0.001) and major videocapillaroscopic alterations (late pattern 8.6% vs 47.6%, p<0.001). Moreover, in ssSSc the percentages of anticentromere and antitopoisomerase were comparable to lcSSc (40% and 18.3% vs 36.7% and 26.6%), but divergent respect to dcSSc (8.6% and 67.4%, p<0.001).ConclusionThe ssSSc is a quite rare disease variant characterised by clinico-serological features comparable to lcSSc, but significantly different from dcSSc. Overall, longer RP duration, low percentages of DPS and peripheral microvascular abnormalities, and increased anti-centromere seropositivity distinguish ssSSc. Further investigations based on national registries might provide useful insights on the actual relevance of the ssSSc within the scleroderma spectrum.

Systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma: clinical and serological features and relationship with other cutaneous subsets in a large series of patients from the national registry 'SPRING' of the Italian Society for Rheumatology / De Angelis, Rossella; Ferri, Clodoveo; Giuggioli, Dilia; Bajocchi, Gianluigi; Dagna, Lorenzo; Bellando-Randone, Silvia; Zanframundo, Giovanni; Foti, Rosario; Cacciapaglia, Fabio; Cuomo, Giovanna; Ariani, Alarico; Rosato, Edoardo; Lepri, Gemma; Girelli, Francesco; Riccieri, Valeria; Zanatta, Elisabetta; Bosello, Silvia Laura; Cavazzana, Ilaria; Ingegnoli, Francesca; De Santis, Maria; Murdaca, Giuseppe; Abignano, Giuseppina; Romeo, Nicoletta; Della Rossa, Alessandra; Caminiti, Maurizio; Iuliano, Anna Maria; Ciano, Giovanni; Beretta, Lorenzo; Bagnato, Gianluca; Lubrano, Ennio; De Andres, Ilenia; Giollo, Alessandro; Saracco, Marta; Agnes, Cecilia; Cipolletta, Edoardo; Lumetti, Federica; Spinella, Amelia; Magnani, Luca; Campochiaro, Corrado; De Luca, Giacomo; Codullo, Veronica; Visalli, Elisa; Di Vico, Claudio; Gigante, Antonietta; Pellagrino, Greta; Pigatto, Erika; Lazzaroni, Maria-Grazia; Franceschini, Franco; Generali, Elena; Mennillo, Gianna; Barsotti, Simone; Mariano, Giuseppa Pagano; Furini, Federica; Vultaggio, Licia; Parisi, Simone; Peroni, Clara Lisa; Rozza, Davide; Zanetti, Anna; Carrara, Greta; Landolfi, Gianpiero; Scirè, Carlo Alberto; Bianchi, Gerolamo; Fusaro, Enrico; Sebastiani, Gian Domenico; Govoni, Marcello; D'Angelo, Salvatore; Cozzi, Franco; Guiducci, Serena; Doria, Andrea; Salvarani, Carlo; Iannone, Florenzo; Matucci-Cerinic, Marco. - In: RMD OPEN. - ISSN 2056-5933. - ELETTRONICO. - 9:(2023), pp. e002890-0. [10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002890]

Systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma: clinical and serological features and relationship with other cutaneous subsets in a large series of patients from the national registry 'SPRING' of the Italian Society for Rheumatology

Bellando-Randone, Silvia;Lepri, Gemma;Girelli, Francesco;Cozzi, Franco;Guiducci, Serena;Doria, Andrea;Matucci-Cerinic, Marco
2023

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ObjectiveTo describe demographic, clinical and laboratory features of systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma (ssSSc) in a large multicentre systemic sclerosis (SSc) cohort.MethodsData involving 1808 SSc patients from Italian Systemic sclerosis PRogression INvestiGation registry were collected. The ssSSc was defined by the absence of any cutaneous sclerosis and/or puffy fingers. Clinical and serological features of ssSSc were compared with limited cutaneous (lcSSc) and diffuse cutaneous (dcSSc) subsets.ResultsAmong patients with SSc, only 61 (3.4%) were classified as having ssSSc (F/M=19/1). Time from Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) onset to diagnosis was longer in ssSSc (3 years, IQR 1-16.5) than lcSSc (2 years, IQR 0-7), and dcSSc (1 year, IQR 0-3) (p<0.001). Clinical ssSSc phenotype was comparable to lcSSc, except for digital pitting scars (DPS) (19.7% vs 42%, p=0.01), but significantly milder than dcSSc, particularly for digital ulcers (DU) (6.6% vs 35.7%, p<0.001), oesophagus (46.2% vs 63.5%, p=0.009), lung (mean diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide 72.2 +/- 19.6 vs 62.4 +/- 22.8, p=0.009; mean forced vital capacity 105.6 +/- 21.7 vs 89.2 +/- 20.9, p<0.001) and major videocapillaroscopic alterations (late pattern 8.6% vs 47.6%, p<0.001). Moreover, in ssSSc the percentages of anticentromere and antitopoisomerase were comparable to lcSSc (40% and 18.3% vs 36.7% and 26.6%), but divergent respect to dcSSc (8.6% and 67.4%, p<0.001).ConclusionThe ssSSc is a quite rare disease variant characterised by clinico-serological features comparable to lcSSc, but significantly different from dcSSc. Overall, longer RP duration, low percentages of DPS and peripheral microvascular abnormalities, and increased anti-centromere seropositivity distinguish ssSSc. Further investigations based on national registries might provide useful insights on the actual relevance of the ssSSc within the scleroderma spectrum.
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