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John Elliott Call1, Julianne A Mann1, Konstantinos D Linos1
1Division of Rheumatology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Abstract:
A 12-year-old female with oligoarticular juvenile inflammatory arthritis developed an atrophic linear plaque involving the left medial forearm and proximal arm 7 months after intra-articular triamcinolone injection for arthritis. The plaque spontaneously resolved without treatment over approximately one year. It is important to recognize this rare complication of intra-articular steroid injection in order to avoid potential misdiagnosis as linear scleroderma and subsequent immunosuppressive treatment.
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