Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Case reportCorrection of facial linear scleroderma ‘coup de sabre’ with BoneSource®
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Case report
A 19-year-old female presented with a 2 × 15 cm-sized depressive lesion on her right eyebrow and temporoparietal area which accompanied alopecia and pigmentation. This lesion first appeared around the age of 4 years, and there has been no family history or medical history. She has not had any treatment on this lesion before.
Evidence of systemic symptoms, such as subcutaneous nodule or Raynand's phenomonen, were not found. Preoperative laboratory tests, including complete blood cell count, blood
Discussion
Scleroderma is a chronic disease of unknown origin with characteristic sclerotic change, caused by excessive deposition of collagen fibres and matrix protein. Scleroderma can be divided into two types depending on the region involved: systemic type and localised type. Systemic type can be classified into diffuse and limited, and localised type can be further classified into morphea, generalised morphea, linear scleroderma and eosinophilic fasciitis.1
As systemic scleroderma induces sclerotic
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