Double-lined frontoparietal scleroderma en coup de sabre

Dermatology. 1999;199(2):185-6. doi: 10.1159/000018236.

Abstract

We describe a rare case of double-lined frontoparietal scleroderma en coup de sabre. The relationship to the distribution following the lines of Blaschko is discussed. In addition, we present a genetic hypothesis which is based on a mosaic state induced by postzygotic mosaicism. A patient with scleroderma en coup de sabre has a mosaic state for genes which predispose to susceptibility for linear scleroderma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alopecia Areata / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Scalp*
  • Scleroderma, Localized / complications*