Linear atrophoderma of Moulin

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Linear atrophoderma of Moulin, also known as Moulin atrophoderma linearis,{{cite book |author=Rapini, Ronald P. |author2=Bolognia, Jean L. |author3=Jorizzo, Joseph L. |title=Dermatology: 2-Volume Set |publisher=Mosby |location=St. Louis |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-4160-2999-1 }}) is an acquired unilateral dermatitis localized along the Blaschko lines. It affects children or adolescents of both genders, involving the trunk and the limbs. It is, presumably, a rare cutaneous form of mosaicism.{{cite journal | vauthors = Danarti R, Bittar M, Happle R, König A | title = Linear atrophoderma of Moulin: postulation of mosaicism for a predisposing gene | journal = Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology | volume = 49 | issue = 3 | pages = 492–8 |date=September 2003 | pmid = 12963915 | doi = 10.1067/S0190-9622(03)00895-8}} This disease was first referred to as atrophoderma of Moulin after Dr. Moulin who first reported it in 1992{{cite journal | vauthors = Moulin G, Hill MP, Guillaud V, Barrut D, Chevallier J, Thomas L | title = [Acquired atrophic pigmented band-like lesions following Blaschko's lines] | language = fr | journal = Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie | volume = 119 | issue = 10 | pages = 729–36 | year = 1992 | pmid = 1296472 }} then was renamed as linear atrophoderma of Moulin.{{cite journal | vauthors = Baumann L, Happle R, Plewig G, Schirren CG | title = [Atrophodermia linearis Moulin. A new disease picture, following the Blaschko lines] | language = de | journal = Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift für Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete | volume = 45 | issue = 4 | pages = 231–6 |date=April 1994 | pmid = 8014049 | doi = 10.1007/s001050050066| s2cid = 24340022 }} Only a few dozen cases have been described; for this reason, LAM is considered to be a very rare disorder.{{cite journal | vauthors = Miteva L, Nikolova K, Obreshkova E | title = Linear atrophoderma of Moulin | journal = International Journal of Dermatology | volume = 44 | issue = 10 | pages = 867–9 |date=October 2005 | pmid = 16207193 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02221.x | s2cid = 36675900 }}{{cite journal | vauthors = Zampetti A, Antuzzi D, Caldarola G, Celleno L, Amerio P, Feliciani C | title = Linear atrophoderma of Moulin | journal = European Journal of Dermatology | volume = 18 | issue = 1 | pages = 79–80 | year = 2008 | pmid = 18086596 | doi = 10.1684/ejd.2007.0316 | url = http://www.john-libbey-eurotext.fr/medline.md?issn=1167-1122&vol=18&iss=1&page=79 | doi-broken-date = 1 November 2024 }}{{cite journal | vauthors = Cecchi R, Bartoli L, Brunetti L, Pavesi M | title = Linear atrophoderma of Moulin localized to the neck | journal = Dermatology Online Journal | volume = 14 | issue = 6 | pages = 12 | year = 2008 | doi = 10.5070/D31W2688C0 | pmid = 18713593 }}