Progressive Systemic Sclerosis with Interstitial Lung Disease Post Radio Ablationin Graves Disease's Patient: A Case Report

Abstract

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease marked by degenerative
microvascular abnormalities and immune system activation, resulting in skin and
internal organ fibrosis. The link between thyroid problems and systemic sclerosis
is unknown. Although several studies have demonstrated that patients with
systemic sclerosis develop Graves' illness as the condition progresses, only a few
have reported that Graves' patients develop progressive systemic sclerosis. It is an
uncommon instance of multiple autoimmune illnesses in which SSc develops
gradually after the birth of the first child and the patient had Graves' disease since
the age of 17 and had thyroid ablation 5 years ago. SSc illness has a characteristic
clinical appearance, involving the skin to the rest of the body and internal organs,
particularly the lungs.