Scleroderma-like skin indurations in a child with phenylketonuria: a clinicopathologic correlation and review of the literature.
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Abstract
Scleroderma-like skin lesions are one sequela of phenylketonuria. We describe a child with phenylketonuria and associated dermal connective tissue changes consistent with early inflammatory scleroderma. The severity of the skin lesions apparently waned with dietary restriction of phenylalanine.
Medical subject headings
- Phenylketonurias
- Scleroderma, Localized