title: Double-lined frontoparietal scleroderma en coup de sabre.
abstract: We describe a rare case of double-lined frontoparietal scleroderma en coup de sabre. The relationship to the distribution following the lines of Blaschko is discussed. In addition, we present a genetic hypothesis which is based on a mosaic state induced by postzygotic mosaicism. A patient with scleroderma en coup de sabre has a mosaic state for genes which predispose to susceptibility for linear scleroderma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Basel, Switzerland. pitin@hin.ch
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Itin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schiller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012535:Scalp; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000150:complications*