The significance of examination of the skin and its appendages in the rheumatic diseases diagnosis


DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/therapy.2023.1.122-131

Gazdanova A.A., Plieva A.S.

1) I.I. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia (Sechenov University); 2) North Ossetian State Medical Academy of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia, Vladikavkaz
Abstract. The review provides a detailed description of the skin manifestations of rheumatic diseases, and considers the pathogenesis of their development. Changes in the skin and its appendages are described in detail in rheumatic fever, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, polyarteritis nodosa, systemic sclerosis, dermatomyositis and others, including rare pathologies of the musculoskeletal system. Correct interpretation of skin symptoms, which are typical for these diseases, can improve the efficiency of diagnosis and treatment, prevent complications and disable patients. Of particular relevance in identifying changes in the skin and skin appendages in rheumatic diseases is one of the physical methods – examination of the patient.

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About the Autors


Albina A. Gazdanova, PhD in Medical Sciences, associate professor of the Department of clinical pharmacology and propaedeutics of internal diseases, I.I. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia (Sechenov University). Address: 119435, Moscow, 6/1 Bol`shaya Pirogovskaya str. E-mail: al.gazdanova@gmail.com. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7099-4547
Anzhela S. Plieva, PhD in Medical Sciences, assistant of the Department of internal diseases No. 4, North Ossetian State Medical Academy of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Address: 362001, Vladikavkaz, 39 Barbashova Str. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9250-7284


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