Nodular (keloidal) scleroderma

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1984 Dec;11(6):1111-4. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(84)70268-4.

Abstract

Two patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) developed keloidal-like nodules within areas of thickened skin. This extremely unusual event is most likely a keloidal response to the early inflammatory component of scleroderma in patients who are either genetically at risk for keloid formation or in areas of the skin that have a high predilection for keloid formation such as the chest.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Keloid / etiology
  • Keloid / pathology*
  • Male
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / complications
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / pathology*
  • Skin / pathology*