Manifestations of 50 Years of Linear Morphea

Pratyaksha Sankhyan

Manifestations of 50 Years of Linear Morphea

Pratyaksha Sankhyan*

Published Date: 2017-12-07

Pratyaksha Sankhyan^*

Resident Physician, East Tennessee State University, USA

*Corresponding Author:: Pratyaksha Sankhyan
Resident Physician, East Tennessee State University, USA

Received date: November 21, 2017; Accepted date: December 02, 2017; Published date: December 07, 2017

Citation: Sankhyan P (2017) Manifestations of 50 Years of Linear Morphea. J Autoimmune Disord Vol 3:48.

Copyright: © 2017 Sankhyan P. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

A 55 year old female, diagnosed with scleroderma at 5 years of age, presented with gradual development of skin thickening and muscle atrophy in her right upper extremity that slowly progressed to involve her trunk (Figure 1). In addition, she had arthralgias, joint stiffness, Raynaud phenomenon, xerostomia, microstomia, dysphagia and dyspnea. Linear Scleroderma or Linear Morphea is a localized form of scleroderma that begins during childhood with plaques arranged in a unilateral dermatomal linear pattern which commonly involve the face and extremities.