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Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 7/2012

01-07-2012 | Case Report

Linear scleroderma en coup de sabre affecting the upper eyelid and lashes

Authors: Katrina A. Mears, J. Javier Servat, Evan H. Black

Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology | Issue 7/2012

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Excerpt

“En coup de sabre” is an extremely rare linear form of localized scleroderma that was first described in 1854 by Addison and has an incidence of 0.13 cases per 100,000 population based on the landmark Mayo Clinic epidemiological study over a 33-year follow-up [1]. This is one of only a few cases reported in the literature of “en coup de sabre” involving the eyelids [1, 2]. …
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Soma Y, Fujimoto M (1997) Frontoparietal scleroderma (en coup de sabre) following Blaschko's lines. J Am Acad Dermatol 38:366CrossRef
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Gambichler T et al (2003) Linear scleroderma ‘en coup de sabre’ treated with topical calcipotriol and cream psoralen plus ultraviolet A. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 17:601PubMedCrossRef
Metadata
Title
Linear scleroderma en coup de sabre affecting the upper eyelid and lashes
Authors
Katrina A. Mears
J. Javier Servat
Evan H. Black
Publication date
01-07-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology / Issue 7/2012
Print ISSN: 0721-832X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-702X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-011-1911-6

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