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Pansclerotic morphea: A male child with hemiatrophy of lower limb

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2014
Morphea is a variant of localized scleroderma in which lesions are usually limited to the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Pansclerotic morphea is a rare atrophying and sclerosing type of morphea. It can follow a comparatively benign course with spontaneous
Malay K Dasgupta, Chaitali Patra, Shatanik Sarkar, Sabyasachi Das   +3 more
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Laser therapy in superficial morphea lesions – indications, limitations and therapeutic alternatives

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences, 2020
Morphea or localized scleroderma is an uncommon autoimmune and inflammatory disease which affects patients of any age. Even if morphea lesions present systemic symptoms as myalgias or arthritis, it is distinct from systemic sclerosis because it does not ...
Alin Laurentiu Tatu, Diana Sabina Radaschin, Vlad Denis Constantin, Paunica Stana, Valeriu Ardeleanu   +4 more
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Chronic Morel‐Lavallée Lesion in a Pediatric Competitive Dancer: A Case Report and Literature Review

Pediatric Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Morel‐Lavallée lesions (MLLs) are rare internal degloving injuries resulting from shearing trauma, with few reported cases in the pediatric population. We present the case of a 16‐year‐old female competitive dancer with persistent right knee pain, skin atrophy, and ecchymosis after trauma sustained during a national dance competition, with MRI
Cameron Coakes, Kent Axcell, Andrea L. Zaenglein, Timothy Hahn   +3 more
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Generalized Morphea after Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy

Case Reports in Rheumatology, 2011
We present a case of a 69-year-old woman who received external beam radiation for the treatment of breast cancer. Seven months later, she developed generalized morphea involving the area of irradiated skin of the breast as well as distant sites of the ...
Jonathan Kushi, M. E. Csuka
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Case of generalized morphea complicated with systemic sclerosis

Dermatology Reports, 2021
Dear Editor, Localized scleroderma (LSc; morphea) is a rare fibrosing disease of the skin and underlying tissues, which is different from systemic sclerosis (SSc).
Soichiro Sawamura, Katsunari Makino, Hitomi Nakashima, Takamitsu Makino, Satoshi Fukushima   +4 more
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Janus Kinase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Pediatric Morphea: A Systematic Review

Pediatric Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Morphea, also known as localized scleroderma (LoS), is an inflammatory, fibrosing dermatologic disorder of the skin and underlying tissues with associated comorbidities including joint contractures, limb‐length discrepancies, and inflammatory arthropathy occurring more commonly in children.
Alexa Moschella, Celina DeBiasio, Carmen Liy‐Wong   +2 more
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Generalized morphea following radiotherapy for an intracranial tumor

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2016
Morphea is a localized scleroderma variety which can be circumscribed or generalized and is characterized by sclerotic plaques developing on trunk and limbs. Surgery and radiation have been implicated as etiological factors for the development of morphea.
Shrenik Balegar, Dharmendra Kumar Mishra, Sagarika Chatterjee, Shweta Kumari, Anup Kumar Tiwary   +4 more
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S1‐Guideline for diagnosis and therapy of necrobiosis lipoidica

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 429-436, March 2026.
Summary Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is a rare granulomatous skin disease of unknown etiology that occurs frequently in association with diabetes mellitus and other comorbidities. The predilection site is the lower leg, particularly the pretibial areas. The exact pathogenesis remains unclear.
Cornelia Erfurt‐Berge, Regina Renner, Melanie Peckruhn, Jörg Tittelbach, Dorothea Terhorst‐Molawi, Friederike Kauer, Joachim Dissemond   +6 more
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Extensive morphea profunda with autoantibodies and benign tumors: A rare case report

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2012
The term deep morphea describes a variant of morphea (localised scleroderma) in which inflammation and sclerosis are found in the deep dermis, panniculus, fascia or superficial muscle. It is sometimes associated with autoantibodies. We report the case of
Leelavathy Budamakuntla, Dipali Malvankar   +1 more
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Autoantibodies in Morphea: An Update

Frontiers in Immunology, 2019
Skin autoimmune conditions belong to a larger group of connective tissue diseases and primarily affect the skin, but might also involve underlying tissues, such as fat tissue, muscle, and bone.
Sangita Khatri, Kathryn S. Torok, Emily Mirizio, Christopher Liu, Kira Astakhova   +4 more
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