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A Case of Lipodystrophia Centrifugalis Abdominalis Infantilis with Morphea
Author(s) -
Ikoma Akihiko,
Tanaka Toshihiro,
Miyachi Yoshiki
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1999.tb02056.x
Subject(s) - morphea , medicine , histopathological examination , achilles tendon , forearm , dermatology , radiology , anatomy , tendon , pathology , biopsy
A 5‐year‐old female developed three depressed lesions sequentially on her left hip, left upper arm and left Achilles tendon; we diagnosed them as lipodystrophia centrifugalis abdominalis infantilis (LCAI). She also developed two sclerotic lesions, at almost the same time, on her left upper arm and left forearm; we diagnosed them as morphea. Clinical and histopathological examination revealed that the LCAI and morphea seen in our case were completely different. Although two other cases of co‐existing LCAI and morphea have already been reported, they were not described in detail and their morphea lesions were adjacent to their LCAI lesions. We herein report a case of LCAI with morphea in which the lesions were not adjacent.