Diagnosis. Pansclerotic morphea associated with red cell aplasia and immune-mediated thrombocytopenia. Management. Treatment with prednisone 60 mg per day and methotrexate 15 mg per week was ...

Morphea is a localized form of scleroderma that leads to excessive deposits of collagen in the skin, resulting in a ...

(A) Whitish and sclerotic plaques localized in abdomen and groin. Insert left: dermoscopy showed prominent whitish fibrotic beams and loss of hair in the involved area. (B) Histology showed a ...

Background Morphea is a form of localized scleroderma characterized from the presence of sclerotic plates localized in the skin. It may be in the form of plaque morphea or generalized. Usually morphea ...

jhmi.edu Pansclerotic morphea is a rare form of localised scleroderma in which inflammation in the dermis and subcutaneous fat leads to diffuse cutaneous sclerosis.1 It typically presents in childhood ...

The following explains who has a higher risk of developing scleroderma. Gender: Women are more likely than men to get most types of scleroderma. One type, linear morphea, occurs about equally in men ...

When scleroderma affects the skin and sometimes the underlying tissue, a person has localized scleroderma. Morphea (more-fee-uh): People see 1 or a few patches of thickened skin, which are usually red ...

Dr B Böckle, Department of Dermatology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria; barbara.boeckle{at}i-med.ac.at If you wish to reuse ...