title: A teen-ager with linear atrophoderma of Moulin.
abstract: Linear atrophoderma, first described by Moulin, is an acquired unilateral dermatitis localized along the Blaschko lines. It affects children or adolescents of both genders, involving the trunk and the limbs. It is, presumably, a rare cutaneous form of mosaicism. The differential diagnosis of atrophoderma of Moulin involves congenital dermopathies along the Blaschko lines, atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini, and linear scleroderma. We present here a peculiar case of linear atrophoderma affecting a teenager.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Dermatology, Oasi Institute (IRCCS), Troina, Italy. cschepis@oasi.en.it
authors.forename: Carmelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schepis
authors.forename: Rosaria
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Palazzo
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lentini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001284:Atrophy; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D017495:Hyperpigmentation / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D013909:Thorax