title: Stiff skin syndrome: a case report.
abstract: Stiff skin syndrome (SSS) is a disease similar to scleroderma with an unknown etiology. Stone-hard areas of skin are observed from birth or in early childhood. In this article we describe a 15-year-old girl with skin hardening and limitation of movement. We diagnosed the case as SSS, of which we have not encountered a similar report in the Turkish literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mat
authors.forename: Aylin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kalayciyan
authors.forename: Nurcan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arzuhal
authors.forename: Cuyan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Demirkesen
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karaçorlu
authors.forename: Yalçin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tüzün
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000473:pathology*; D013577:Syndrome; D014421:Turkey