High frequency ultrasound can detect improvement of lesions in juvenile localized scleroderma.

Background: Juvenile Localized Scleroderma (JLS) causes functional disabilities and cosmetic deformities. Evaluation and follow-up of lesions are mandatory to understand the disease evolution. The objective of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of skin ultrasonography (US) in monitoring the response to treatment in JLS.

[Symmetrical benign lipomatosis of the tongue and Launois-Bensaude lipomatosis].

Background: There are many causes of macroglossia, including fatty infiltration. Unlike unique or multiple lipomas of the tongue, non-encapsulated adipocyte masses develop in the tongue in symmetrical benign lipomatosis. Only six cases have been reported in the literature.