Zosteriform morphea: Wolf’s isotopic response in an immunocompetent patient

Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde; Daniel Sánchez-Cano; Manuel Galán-Gutiérrez

doi:10.4081/dr.2011.e16

Zosteriform morphea: Wolf’s isotopic response in an immunocompetent patient

https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e16

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2011)

Submitted: 15 July 2011
Accepted: 29 July 2011

Published: 5 October 2011

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Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde
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Dermatology Dept., Complejo Hospitalario de Jaen, Jaen, Spain.
Daniel Sánchez-Cano Internal Medicine Dept., Hospital Santa Ana, Motril, Granada, Spain.
Manuel Galán-Gutiérrez Dermatology Dept., Complejo Hospitalario de Jaen, Jaen, Spain.

We report the case of a 19-year old female who presented to our dermatological clinic with hyperpigmented, indurated and atrophic patches on a zosteriform distribution, extending from her left submammary region through to her back. Our case was consistent with a zosteriform morphea as an expression of an isotopic Wolf response following an episode of herpes zoster. We discuss the pathogenic mechanisms and review the clinical cases previously reported in the literature.

Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde, Dermatology Dept., Complejo Hospitalario de Jaen, Jaen

Dermatology

Consultant. Dermatology Unit. Complejo Hospitalario de Jaen, Jaen, Spain

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Ruiz-Villaverde, R., Sánchez-Cano, D., & Galán-Gutiérrez, M. (2011). Zosteriform morphea: Wolf’s isotopic response in an immunocompetent patient. Dermatology Reports, 3(2), e16. https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e16