LOCALIZED SCLERODERMA FOLLOWING VARICELLA IN A THREE‐YEAR‐OLD GIRL WITH IgA DEFICIENCY

ABSTRACT. Spirer, Z., Ilie, B., Pick, I. A. and Yaron, M. (Departments of Pediatrics, Physical Medicine and Rheumatology, Pathology and the Section of Clinical Immunology, Rokach (Hadassah) and Ichilov Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel). Localized scleroderma following varicella in a three‐year‐old girl with IgA deficiency. Acta Paediatr Scand, 68: 783, 1979.—A three‐year‐old girl with isolated IgA deficiency developed localized scleroderma immediately after varicella infection. Physiotherapy was started without any drug therapy. Only a minimal clinical improvement was achieved. The connection between IgA deficiency, viral infection and collagen diseases is discussed.