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En coup de sabre

Authors

  • Swetha J ChanRe Rheumatology & Immunology Center & Research, Bengaluru, India

Keywords:

alopecia, near scleroderma

Abstract

En coup de sabre, a variant of linear scleroderma, presents as an indented, vertical, colorless, line of skin on the forehead. The indentation appears as a sabre cut on the forehead. It may be associated with atrophy of muscles underlying bone and rarely the brain tissue. The present patient was ANA positive with a negative profile. Based on the findings, the disease was diagnosed as linear scleroderma.

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Published

2016-08-29

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Articles