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A patient presents with features suggestive of interstitial lung disease: a review.. Systemic sclerosis (SSc, scleroderma) is a complex autoimmune connective tissue disease characterised by a pathophysiological triad of microvascular vasculopathy (Raynaud's phenomenon, PAH, renal cris...
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a) What is the most likely diagnosis and what clinical features support it? (2 marks)
b) What investigations would you arrange to confirm the diagnosis? (3 marks)
c) Outline your management plan for this patient. (3 marks)
d) What are the key complications and prognostic factors? (2 marks)