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Overlap syndrome with multiple calcifications of the spleen

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A woman with overlapping features of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus presented with multiple small asymptomatic calcifications of the spleen. The absence of any other origin suggests that these calcifications are directly related to the connective tissue disease.

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  1. Department of Rheumatology, Community Hospital, CH-2300, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

    D. Van Linthoudt, B. Greder & H. Ott

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Van Linthoudt, D., Greder, B. & Ott, H. Overlap syndrome with multiple calcifications of the spleen. Clin Rheumatol 9, 88–91 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02030250

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