Arterial vasculopathy in systemic sclerosis: computerized tomography (CT) angiographic features of macrovascular and microvascular upper limbs arteries.

Objective: To describe the CT angiographic findings of arterial vasculopathy in the major vessels as well as medium and micro vascular affection of the whole upper limbs arterial tree in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) with and without digital ulceration.

Methods: Twenty-two cases with systemic sclerosis (12 limited and 10 diffuse) were recruited for the study. All patients fulfilled the American Rheumatism Association (ACR) criteria for the classification of SSc.