Undifferentiated connective tissue disease history and symptoms

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Amandeep Singh M.D.[2]

Overview

Patients with undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) may have a positive history of Raynaud’s phenomenon, arthritis, photosensitivity, sicca symptoms, pleuritis/pericarditis. The common symptoms of UCTD include arthralgia, dry eyes, rash, photosensitivity and dry mouth. Less common symptoms of UCTD include fever, pleuritic chest pain and seizures.

History and Symptoms

Patients with undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) may have a positive history of:^[1]^[2]

Common symptoms of UCTD include:^[1]^[2]

Less common symptoms of UCTD include^[1]^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Bodolay E, Csiki Z, Szekanecz Z, Ben T, Kiss E, Zeher M, Szücs G, Dankó K, Szegedi G (2003). “Five-year follow-up of 665 Hungarian patients with undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD)”. Clin. Exp. Rheumatol. 21 (3): 313–20. PMID 12846049.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Mosca M, Tani C, Neri C, Baldini C, Bombardieri S (November 2006). “Undifferentiated connective tissue diseases (UCTD)”. Autoimmun Rev. 6 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2006.03.004. PMID 17110308.

Overview