Scleroderma is a rare disease in which a person's immune system
begins to destroy normal, healthy tissues (autoimmune disease).
As a result, connective tissue of the skin, lungs, and internal
organs—especially the esophagus, kidneys, and digestive tract—is
replaced with scar tissue. This change causes the tissues to
become stiff and the muscles to not work as In the esophagus,
this makes it: CREST syndrome is a limited type of scleroderma
that can also affect the esophagus. March 6, 2012 Adam Husney,
MD - Family Medicine & Peter J. Kahrilas, MD - Gastroenterology
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