Treatment of atrophies secondary to trilinear scleroderma en coup de sabre by autologous tissue cocktail injection.
BACKGROUND
The atrophies are left after regression of linear scleroderma "en coup de sabre." They are often irreversible and disfiguring. Several surgical techniques have been attempted to correct atrophies secondary to linear scleroderma en coup de sabre. However, the result often has proved unsatisfactory.


METHODS
A patient with atrophies secondary to trilinear scleroderma en coup de sabre was treated with autologous tissue cocktail injection.


RESULTS
Autologous tissue cocktail injection provided excellent cosmetic results for the treatment of atrophies secondary to trilinear scleroderma en coup de sabre. There were no complications at the donor and recipient site in the postoperative period.


CONCLUSIONS
Autologous tissue cocktail injection appears to be a useful method for the correction of depressed atrophy of linear scleroderma en coup de sabre.
Oh
Chang-Keun
CK
Department of Dermatology and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea. ckoh@pusan.ac.kr
Lee
Jin
J
Jang
Bong-Seok
BS
Kang
Young-Seok
YS
Bae
Yong-Chan
YC
Kwon
Kyung-Sool
KS
Jang
Ho-Sun
HS
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000637:transplantation*; D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D020405:Dermis / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D008297:Male; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D016378:Tissue Transplantation / Q000379:methods*