Scleroderma-like skin lesions in two patients with phenylketonuria

Eur J Pediatr. 1990 Dec;150(2):109-10. doi: 10.1007/BF02072050.

Abstract

Two patients with phenylketonuria and scleroderma-like skin lesions are presented. Since scleroderma is a rare collagen disease of childhood, the occurrence of these two disorders in the same patient does not seem to be coincidental but raises the possibility of a causal relationship. Improvement in the skin lesions of the patients after the commencement of a low-phenylalanine diet supports this hypothesis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Phenylketonurias / complications*
  • Phenylketonurias / therapy
  • Scleroderma, Localized / complications*
  • Scleroderma, Localized / pathology
  • Skin / pathology