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Morphoea in three siblings
Author(s) -
Iranzo P,
Lopez I,
Palou J,
Herrero C,
Lecha M
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2001.00153.x
Subject(s) - medicine , scleroderma (fungus) , trunk , dermatology , family history , disease , pathology , ecology , inoculation , biology
Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini (APP) is an uncommon form of localized morphoea that occurs as superficial, hyperpigmented plaques distributed mainly on the trunk and proximal part of the limbs. There is little information about the influence of genetic and environmental factors on disease susceptibility and expression for localized scleroderma, although APP familial cases have been reported. 1 We report three siblings without a family history of autoimmune disease presenting cutaneous lesions suggesting morphoea (APP variant).