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Clinically normal skin becomes sclerodermatous when transplanted into a sclerodermatous area
A L Herrick1, R Marcuson, A J Freemont
1Rheumatic Diseases Center, University of Manchester.
British Journal of Rheumatology
|October 1, 1992
Abstract:
A 56-year-old female with systemic sclerosis developed sclerodermatous change in clinically normal forearm skin 10 months after this was transplanted to the tip of her right index finger. This observation implicates local factors in the pathogenesis of the disease.