ICD-11 definition : Linear morphoea is a form of morphoea which usually present 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.;
Linear morphoea is a form of morphoea which usually present 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.