Meanings
- not comparablemedicineOf a subtype of localised scleroderma, having a linear, atrophic depression on the frontoparietal scalp.
Linear scleroderma en coup de sabre is a particular form of linear scleroderma that may not truly be related to the other forms.
2009, Thomas J.A. Lehman, A Clinician's Guide to Rheumatic Diseases in Children, Oxford University Press, →ISBN4 more examples
The patient is an unusual example of bilateral scleroderma en coup de sabre with distortion of both upper eyelids, and ocular complications.
1962, Harry Maximilian Robinson, Patient presentations of the 12th International Congress of DermatologyThe clinical picture was suggestive of a combination of scleroderma en coup de sabre and facial hemiatrophy (Parry-Romberg syndrome). Distinction between Parry-Romberg syndrome and linear scleroderma with facial atrophy can be quite difficult and it has been postulated that en coup de sabre type may actually be a forme fruste of progressive facial hemiatrophy.
1980, Neurology, India, Neurological Society of IndiaTwo out of 7 patients with scleroderma en coup de sabre also had morphea elsewhere. These findings strongly favor a close relationship between PFH and scleroderma.
2003, The Journal of RheumatologyThe en coup de sabre variety probably represents a more superficial form of progressive facial hemiatrophy (the Parry–Romberg syndrome), a condition of slowly progressive atrophy of the soft tissue of half of the face with or without associated dermal sclerosis.
2011, Amy S. Paller, Anthony J. Mancini, Hurwitz Clinical Pediatric Dermatology E-Book: A Textbook of Skin Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 520Synonyms: ECDS
- uncountablemedicineA subtype of localised scleroderma that presents with a linear, atrophic depression on the frontoparietal scalp.
An area of scleral loss in a patient with en coup de sabre or linear scleroderma involving the face, including eyelids.
2002, Charles Stephen Foster, Albert T. Vitale, Diagnosis and Treatment of Uveitis, W.B. Saunders Company, →ISBN2 more examples
A linear, indurated depression running vertically just to one side of the midline is characteristic of en coup de sabre, a variant of morphea.
1994, Gary M. White, Color atlas of regional dermatology, Mosby Inc, →ISBNThere is a strong association between en coup de sabre and facial hemiatrophy, which often becomes the major clinical problem.
1996, Richard D. Sontheimer, Thomas T. Provost, Cutaneous Manifestations of Rheumatic Diseases, Lippincott Williams & WilkinsSynonyms: ECDS
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf a subtype of localised scleroderma, having a linear, atrophic depression on the frontoparietal scalp.
nounA subtype of localised scleroderma that presents with a linear, atrophic depression on the frontoparietal scalp.
Origin
- Frenchen coup de sabre
- Englishen coup de sabre
From French en coup de sabre (literally “by/in a strike of the sword”), so-called because of its resemblance to the scar of a sabre wound.
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