title: Linear sclerodermic lupus erythematosus, a distinct variant of linear morphea and chronic cutaneous lupus erythematous.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Overlap syndromes represent disorders that combine diagnostic criteria of two or more different connective tissue diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  We herein describe the case of a 34-year-old patient.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our patient developed a lesion on the scalp and forehead following Blaschko's line typical for linear morphea "en coup de sabre", while histopathological features were consistent with both chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus and linear morphea, a cutaneous overlap syndrome previously described as linear sclerodermiform lupus erythematosus. The patient was given oral antimalarials in association with topical steroids and calcineurin inhibitors with good response.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Knowledge of this peculiar cutaneous overlap syndrome is warranted, since its management and prognosis is probably different from classical linear morphea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland. Ilhem.khelifa@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Elhem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Khelifa
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Masouye
authors.forename: Hoang Chinh
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Parmentier
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borradori
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D065095:Calcineurin Inhibitors; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005546:Forehead / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008179:Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D065095:Calcineurin Inhibitors; D013256:Steroids