Perihepatitis Sclerosing

Sclerosis periglandularis

Scleroderma usually accompanies systemic rheumatic disease of the type systemic sclerosis. A characteristic feature of this process is the spread of the pathological process to the fibrous connective tissue around the internal organs, affecting the lungs, pleura, heart and/or liver.

Perihepatopathy is a term that brings together sclerosing processes of the pericardium and perihepatic connective tissue, which often occur as concomitant manifestations of Sjögren's syndrome or systemic scleroderma, as well as myocardial lesions and skin nodules. Perihematopathy should be distinguished from subcutaneous hematoma, which produces heterogeneity