A Case of hemiatrophy Secondary to Generalized Morphea.
- Author:
Jin Kyung HONG
;
Dong Won LEE
;
Jeong Deok LEE
;
Baik Kee CHO
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Child;
Congenital Abnormalities;
Contracture;
Extremities;
Female;
Humans;
Joints;
Muscles;
Scleroderma, Localized*;
Skin;
Subcutaneous Tissue
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1998;36(2):295-299
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Localized scleroderma is a connective-tissue disorder that is limited to the skin and subcutaneous tissue, sometimes involving muscles beneath the cutaneous lesions. Although it is usually a self-limiting disease, complications like growth failure, joint contractures, deformities and functional impairment may occur resulting in significant morbidity. Herein we report a 9-year-old girl who presented with hemiatrophy as a major clinical feature associated with widespread multiple hyperpigmented sclerotic plaques. The patient proved to be a relatively rare case of hemiatrophy secondary to extensive generalized morphea also having complicating features of joint contracture and growth failure of involved extremities.
