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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Epidemiol. 2014 Apr 8;67(6):706–714. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.12.009
Patient features may have been present in the past or at present.

Clinical case presentation and progress (include disease duration):
65 year old female with disease duration for 30 years
Clinical features

Yes No Skin thickening
Describe location, extent, progression:

Yes No Abnormal nailfold capillaries consistent with scleroderma
Yes No Calcinosis
Yes No Digital pulp loss or acro-osteolysis
Yes No Dysphagia for solids
Yes No Esophageal dilation
Yes No Finger flexion contracture
Yes No Finger tip ulcers or pitting scars
Yes No Puffy fingers
Yes No Interstitial lung disease or pulmonary fibrosis
Yes No Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Yes No Gastro-esophageal reflux disease
Yes No Raynaud’s phenomenon
Yes No Renal crisis
Yes No Telangiectasias
Yes No Tendon or bursal friction rubs

Laboratory features

Positive Negative Antinuclear antibody
Positive Negative Anti-centromere antibody
Positive Negative Anti-topoisomerase-I antibody
Positive Negative Anti-PM-Scl antibody
Positive Negative Anti-RNA polymerase III antibody

Investigations

Yes No DLCO < 80% predicted
Yes No FVC < 80% predicted

Any other information which may be relevant to the probability this patient has Systemic Sclerosis: