TY - JOUR
T1 - Linear morphea and leg length discrepancy
T2 - Treatment with a leg-lengthening procedure
AU - Handler, Marc Z.
AU - Wulkan, Adam J.
AU - Stricker, Stephen J.
AU - Schachner, Lawrence A.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - A 15-year-old Colombian boy with a 10-year history of linear morphea presented to a pediatric orthopedic clinic with a leg length discrepancy. The morphea had been previously treated with methotrexate, oral and topical steroids, and topical vitamin D, but the lesion persisted, extending down the entire medial aspect of the left leg across the popliteal fossa. The patient had atrophy and growth retardation of the left leg, resulting in lower extremity bone and joint pain and a 3-cm limb length disparity at maturity. The patient preferred left tibial lengthening to improve the limb length disparity.
AB - A 15-year-old Colombian boy with a 10-year history of linear morphea presented to a pediatric orthopedic clinic with a leg length discrepancy. The morphea had been previously treated with methotrexate, oral and topical steroids, and topical vitamin D, but the lesion persisted, extending down the entire medial aspect of the left leg across the popliteal fossa. The patient had atrophy and growth retardation of the left leg, resulting in lower extremity bone and joint pain and a 3-cm limb length disparity at maturity. The patient preferred left tibial lengthening to improve the limb length disparity.
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U2 - 10.1111/pde.12169
DO - 10.1111/pde.12169
M3 - Article
C2 - 23756319
AN - SCOPUS:84883884189
VL - 30
SP - 616
EP - 618
JO - Pediatric Dermatology
JF - Pediatric Dermatology
SN - 0736-8046
IS - 5
ER -