Repair of "coup de sabre," a linear form of scleroderma.
A case of coup de sabre, a linear form of scleroderma, is presented. Treatment consisted of soft-tissue expansion and autologous bone grafting to the forehead, a composite graft for alar reconstruction, and a scalp graft for eyebrow reconstruction. None of the linear scleroderma cases reported in the literature consisted of bony reconstruction.
Gülhane Military Medical Academy and Medical School, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ankara, Turkey.
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Sengezer
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Deveci
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Selmanpakoglu
D000328:Adult; D005145:Face / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015626:Tissue Expansion; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous