%0 Journal Article %J Reumatologia/Rheumatology %@ 0034-6233 %V 55 %N 2 %D 2017 %F Wielosz2017 %T Coexistence of diabetes mellitus type 1 with diffuse systemic sclerosis – case report and literature review %X Diabetic sclerodactyly is a frequently recognized skin finding that may occur in patients with diabetes mellitus but coexistence of diabetes and systemic sclerosis is rare. We describe a case of coexistence of type 1 diabetes mellitus and systemic sclerosis in 42-year-old man with the history of Raynaud’s phenomenon, progressive diffuse hardening of the skin and sclerodactyly, slowly worsening with time. The medical history included type 1 diabetes since childhood with microvascular complications. The patient presented a typical capillaroscopic scleroderma-like pattern, antinuclear antibodies and sclerotic lesions in gastrointestinal system. Summing up, our case represents the rare coexistence of autoimmune diseases like diabetes mellitus type 1 and systemic sclerosis. %A Wielosz, Ewa %A Kurowska, Maria %A Suszek, Dorota %A Majdan, Maria %P 104-107 %9 journal article %R 10.5114/reum.2017.67607 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/reum.2017.67607