II. Causes: Rim Pattern (Peripheral Pattern)

III. Causes: Homogenous Pattern (Diffuse Pattern)

V. Causes: Nucleolar Pattern

  1. Disorders
    1. Scleroderma
    2. CREST syndrome
  2. Further evaluation
    1. Scl-70 kD kinetochore (Anti-Topoisomerase I)
    2. PM-1

VI. Causes: Centromere Pattern

  1. Seen in PSS with CREST syndrome

VII. References

  1. Gladman in Klippel (1997) Rheumatic Diseases p. 255-6
  2. Peng in Ruddy (2001) Kelley's Rheumatology, p. 161-72
  3. Callegari (1995) Postgrad Med, 97(4):65-74 [PubMed]
  4. Lane (2002) Am Fam Physician 65(6):1073-80 [PubMed]

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