Kazumitsu Sugiura1 , Yoshinao Muro1 and Yasushi
Tomita1
(1) Division of Connective Tissue Disease
and Autoimmunity, Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University
Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya,
466-8550, Japan
Received: 11 September 2003
Accepted: 13 February 2004
Abstract
We report the case of a child with unilateral
linear scleroderma disturbing the right lower limb. It took three-quarters
of a year to be diagnosed as linear scleroderma and another 8 months
to be treated with oral steroids. Although functional disabilities
of the right knee and foot were improved with the steroid therapy,
the limb asymmetry has remained. We believe that early treatment
with steroids is essential for childhood linear scleroderma with
lesions over any joints.
Key words
Anti-single-stranded DNA - Limb asymmetry -
Linear scleroderma - Oral steroid therapy - Thermography
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