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Gowers' local panatrophy
T Sakamoto1, T Oku, M Takigawa
1Department of Dermatology, Fujieda Municipal General Hospital, Surugadai 4-1-11, Fujieda-shi, Shi-zuoka, Japan.
European Journal of Dermatology : EJD
|July 3, 1998
Abstract:
We report a patient with Gowers' local panatrophy, who developed skin atrophy on the left upper arm, right lower leg and facial hemiatrophy without a thickening or a sclerosing process. Histological examination revealed loss of thickness of the dermis and subcutaneous tissue. It is suggested that skin atrophy was induced by a nonsclerosing process, different from the inflammation and fibrosis observed in scleroderma.