Frontal linear scleroderma

Frontal linear scleroderma (also known as en coup de sabre or morphea en coup de sabre) is a type of linear scleroderma characterized by a linear band of atrophy and a furrow in the skin that occurs in the frontal or frontoparietal scalp.[1][2] Multiple lesions of en coup de sabre may coexist in a single patient, with one report suggesting that the lesions followed Blaschko's lines.[3] It gets its name from the perceived similarity to a sabre wound.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0. 
  2. ^ http://dermatology.cdlib.org/94/NYU/Jan2002/5.html
  3. ^ http://dermatology.cdlib.org/94/NYU/Jan2002/5.html#1
  4. ^ "coup de sabre" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary