Late-onset of systemic sclerosis – case report and literature review

Joško Mitrović, Anja Ljilja, Josip Tečer

Systemic sclerosis most commonly occurs in middle-aged patients. Younger or older people are rarely affected. It is very rare in people over the age of 80. In older patients, different clinical and laboratory characteristics of the disease, as well as a different therapeutic response are expected, in comparison to younger patients. Therefore, we present the case of an 84-year-old patient with systemic sclerosis, as well as a literature review in relation to this topic.

Sistemska skleroza se najčešće javlja u bolesnika srednje životne dobi. Rjeđe obolijevaju mlađe ili starije osobe, a vrlo rijetko se javlja u osoba starijih od 80 godina. U starijih bolesnika možemo očekivati drugačija klinička i laboratorijska obilježja bolesti kao i terapijski odgovor u odnosu na mlađe bolesnike. Stoga, u ovom radu prikazujemo 84-godišnjeg bolesnika sa sistemskom sklerozom, uz pregled literature o ovoj temi.