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Localized Linear Scleroderma with Cutaneous Calcinosis
Author(s) -
Yamamoto Ai,
Morita Akimichi,
Shintani Yoichi,
Sakakibara Shigeru,
Tsuji Takuo
Publication year - 2002
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.1346-8138.2002.tb00176.x
Subject(s) - scleroderma (fungus) , calcinosis , dermatology , medicine , pathology , calcification , inoculation
A 38‐year‐old woman developed sclerotic and atrophic changes of the left femur in the winter of 1976. In 1980, she was referred to our dermatology clinic and was diagnosed with localized linear scleroderma from the results of the physical examinations and the histological findings. Although several local and systemic treatments were employed over the following 10 years, the sclerotic lesion did not show any remarkable improvement. In 1991, several hard and white papules appeared in the lesion, and a biopsy specimen of these white papules revealed calcinosis.