SAGE Open Medical Case Reports (Mar 2021)

Adult-onset en coup de sabre scleroderma in a patient with linear localized scleroderma profunda: A case report and literature review

  • Roxana Mititelu,
  • Zainab Ridha,
  • Lydia Ouchene,
  • Elena Netchiporouk

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X21993304
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9

Abstract

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The en coup de sabre variant of linear scleroderma typically occurs in children. We report a unique case of adult-onset en coup de sabre scleroderma in a patient with linear localized scleroderma profunda. The patient was treated with oral steroids and oral methotrexate improving her cutaneous disease. This case highlights the importance of a thorough cutaneous examination as this adult patient developed an entity traditionally believed to occur in childhood.