The idea for a monograph devoted exclusively to the cutaneous manifestations of rheumatic diseases was conceived by Professor James Gilliam, late Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at University of Texas-Southwestern MedicalSchool. This monograph has now been written by his friends and colleagues and is dedicated to the memory of a superb clinical investigator and mentor who suffered an untimely death from cancer. The aims of the editors of this monograph are dual: to provide a comprehensive review of the cutaneous manifestations of disorders that concurrently affect the skin and the musculoskeletal system and …