Keloidal Lesions-Initial Presenting Feature Of Systemic Scleroderma

Abstract

This report describes a rare form of initial presenting feature of scleroderma. A 28 year old female with no personal or family history of keloid, presented with multiple keloids on trunk and extremities three years prior to the development of systemic scleroderma. Histopathology of a nodule showed atrophic epidermis, thick compact collagen bundles arranged in whorl like pattern throughout the dermis.