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.
Sengezer
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Gülhane Military Medical Academy and Medical School, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ankara, Turkey.
Deveci
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Selmanpakoglu
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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