[Scleroderma-like disorders]

Abstract

The finding of hardening and thickening of the skin is common and can be encountered in immune mediated, metabolic, neoplastic, toxic, genetic diseases, or associated with protein deposits. The lack of Raynaud's phenomenon, capillaroscopic abnormalities, or scleroderma-specific autoantibodies should question the diagnosis of scleroderma and trigger the search for a scleroderma-like disorder, for which treatment and prognosis differ. This article gives a review of these disorders and their main characteristics.

Keywords: Eosinophilic fasciitis; Fasciite avec éosinophilie; Scleredema; Scleroderma-like disorders; Scleromyxedema; Scléromyxœdème; Sclérœdème; Syndrome sclérodermiforme.