Keloidal scleroderma

Clin Exp Dermatol. 2003 Mar;28(2):171-3. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2003.01220.x.

Abstract

A 53-year-old woman with systemic sclerosis developed numerous cutaneous nodules, resembling keloids, on her anterior chest wall. The nodules failed to respond to therapy with topical steroid, calcipotriol, or extended photochemotherapy. This is a rare, disfiguring variant of scleroderma, unresponsive to treatment, and poorly understood.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Topical
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Beclomethasone / therapeutic use
  • Calcitriol / analogs & derivatives*
  • Calcitriol / therapeutic use
  • Dermatologic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Humans
  • Keloid / complications*
  • Keloid / pathology
  • Keloid / therapy
  • Middle Aged
  • PUVA Therapy
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / complications*
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / pathology
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / therapy
  • Treatment Failure

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Dermatologic Agents
  • Glucocorticoids
  • calcipotriene
  • Calcitriol
  • Beclomethasone