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EB61.1 Linear morphoea

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01

Linear morphoea is a form of morphoea which usually presents in childhood or adolescence and is usually unilateral, affecting a limb with a linear induration of skin, subcutis and occasionally underlying muscle and bone. It may also affect the scalp and forehead ("en coup de sabre") producing a depressed scar likened to a healed sabre wound, with sclerosis of the skin and alopecia of affected scalp.

synonyms

• Linear morphoea
• Linear scleroderma
• Morphoea en coup de sabre

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