Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii

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2/2021 vol. 38
Review paper

Familial localized scleroderma with paediatric onset: a review

  1. Department of Dermatology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior, Warsaw, Poland
  2. Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education in the Department of Dermatology, the Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior, Warsaw, Poland
  3. Department of Dermatology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of National Defence, Military Institute of Health Services, Warsaw, Poland
Adv Dermatol Allergol 2021; XXXVIII (2): 193-197
Online publish date: 2021/05/22
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Localized scleroderma is an inflammatory disease causing sclerosis of the skin. The aetiology and pathogenesis of localized scleroderma remain unclear. Localized scleroderma is considered a genetically driven disease. It is not well understood if genetic factors or environmental exposure individually can cause its development or if their interaction is needed to trigger the disease. Some authors postulate that familial clustering is evidence of a hereditary disease. Familial localized scleroderma has been rarely reported and is a case worth studying. We present the review of literature on this subject with 3 additional cases of familial localized scleroderma with paediatric onset.
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