[Fibroblastic rheumatism. A clinical and histological entity]. / Le rhumatisme fibroblastique. Une entité clinique et histologique.

ABSTRACT

In 1980 was described for the first time a disease which seemed unknown until then. From that time three cases have been published. The current study summarizes their common characteristic, combining joint involvements to nodular-type involvements to systemic involvement, i.e. a specific histology. This entity has been named fibroblastic rheumatism. Nosologically, it is situated between juvenile fibroblastoses without joint involvement and with nodules, and adult sclerodermis with joint and systemic involvement without nodules.