Gingival Recession: An Unusual Oral Presentation of Morphea "en coup de sabre"

Skinmed. 2022 Oct 31;20(5):384-386. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

A 21-year-old woman presented with a 13-year history of a linear lesion on the lip. She experienced no pain and only had an esthetic complaint. Her personal and family history was otherwise unremarkable. She had no history of photosensitivity, Raynaud's phenomenon, arthralgias, dry eyes, fever, trauma, or exposure to irradiation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arthralgia
  • Esthetics
  • Female
  • Gingival Recession*
  • Humans
  • Photosensitivity Disorders*
  • Scleroderma, Localized* / diagnosis
  • Scleroderma, Localized* / pathology
  • Young Adult