Clinically Rare Cases of Stiff Skin Syndrome ( SSS)
FAN Jun-wei
ZHANG Li-juan
PALIDA Abulize
Abstract：Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics of skin syndrome Stiff (SSS) in order to reduce the misdiagnosis and mistreatment rates. Methods A case of SSS in our hospital was analyzed retrospectively and the literature was reviewed. Results The patient had hardened skin on the right side of his body for 4 years, increased body hair for 3 years, limited neck activity for 1 year, and had been misdiagnosed as having scleroderma in other hospitals, and undergone corresponding treatment with no obvious improvement. The diagnosis of SSS was therefore made based on its typical clinical manifestation ( early childhood onset, skin lesions like stone, but the appearance and texture of the skin were normal) and al-cian blue staining on histological examination. There were no effective treatment options for SSS. The patient was advised to have physical rehabilitation, and was followed-up for 3 months, but the skin stiffness degree had no obvious improvement. The patient is still in further follow-up. Conclusion SSS is an extremely rare disease,and is easy to be misdiagnosed as scleroder-ma. To raise awareness and alertness are essential in reducing misdiagnosis and mistreatment rates.
Keywords：Stiff skin syndromeMisdiagnosisScleroderma
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 34-36 )