On the basis of the clinical presentation, distribution of skin lesions and biopsy findings, the patient was diagnosed as having pansclerotic morphea. He was started on prednisone 60 mg per day ...

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

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 ...

Where you have the hardening and tightening varies with the type of scleroderma you have. When scleroderma affects the skin and sometimes the underlying tissue, a person has localized scleroderma.

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 ...