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Vali: Mother of Linear Scleroderma Patient

My name is Valentina, and I have a ten-year-old daughter. This summer I realized that my little girl had lines in her forearms, arms and in a leg and knee joint that were dark on the outside, but lighter in co lour inside, as if she had a bad tan. In the thigh she had a scar that began in her buttocks and ended in her leg, but this shrank a bit.

A dermatologist diagnosed her with Linear Scleroderma, but another one said it was Linear Lichen Planus. My daughter's feet, when she walks, turn inside, and she is often warm, but doesn't have a fever.

Does this correspond to any of the diagnosis? I am a concerned mother looking for other opinions. Do you have any?

Thanks in advance. I trust you! I am in terrible shape.

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