Linear Cutaneous Atrophy Development Due to Intralesional Corticosteroid Therapy: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Abstract

Intralesional corticosteroid administration is a procedure involving the injection of a steroid solution into abnormal skin, especially with scars and/or keloids. After the application of topical corticosteroids, atrophy may rarely develop in the skin and subcutaneous tissue. When the developed atrophy of the skin becomes permanent, aesthetic problems that lead to psychological problems negatively affect the daily life of the patients. In this study, pathogenesis of rarely developing linear skin atrophy induced by intralesional corticosteroid administration during scar treatment, clinical and treatment outcomes were presented in the light of the literature.

Keywords

• Keloids
• hypertrophic scar
• atrophy
• corticosteroid