Abstract
We report a case of linear scleroderma. A 60-year-old woman presented with a nodule on her left shoulder which had appeared 47 years ago and had begun to enlarge downward to her elbow three years previously. The first medical examination showed a 35mm×25mm, dark-red nodule on her left shoulder with a belt-shaped indurated lesion on her left upper arm which was located along Blaschko’s lines. Histopathological examination showed the proliferation of collagen fibers as well as perivascular infiltration of inflammatory cells, mainly in the lower dermis. We diagnosed this patient with linear scleroderma appearing along Blaschko’s lines.
