Clinical forms:
linear (en bande)
• | linear in shape and situated on the flexor aspect of the leg |
en coup de sabre
• | seen without any associated anomaly or as part of hemiatrophies |
circumscribed (my name)
• | highly characteristic; spontaneous recovery in children is common |
atrophoderma (Pasini-Pierini)
• | slightly hyperpigmented with a sharp “cliff drop” border |
• | a variant of morphea (?) with more atrophy than sclerosis |
• | most common in adolescent girls |
• | the atrophic process is limited strictly to the dermal collagen |
treatment: PUVA, dovonex
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