Stiff Skin Syndrome: A Case Report

Stiff Skin Syndrome: A Case Report

: Stiff skin syndrome (SSS) is a disease similar to scleroderma with an unknown etiology. Stone‐hard areas of skin are observed from birth or in early childhood. In this article we describe a 15‐year‐old girl with skin hardening and limitation of movement. We diagnosed the case as SSS, of which we h...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric dermatology 2003-07, Vol.20 (4), p.339-341
Hauptverfasser: Mat, Cem, Kalayciyan, Aylin, Arzuhal, Nurcan, Demirkesen, Cuyan, Karaçorlu, Murat, Tüzün, Yalçın
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Dermatology
Dyskeratosis
Female
Humans
Medical sciences
Scleroderma, Systemic - pathology
Syndrome
Turkey
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Zusammenfassung:: Stiff skin syndrome (SSS) is a disease similar to scleroderma with an unknown etiology. Stone‐hard areas of skin are observed from birth or in early childhood. In this article we describe a 15‐year‐old girl with skin hardening and limitation of movement. We diagnosed the case as SSS, of which we have not encountered a similar report in the Turkish literature.
ISSN:0736-8046
1525-1470
DOI:10.1046/j.1525-1470.2003.20414.x