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Localized Scleroderma

definition

A chronic, localized hardening and thickening of the skin. Lesions may be categorized as morphea (guttate, profunda, pansclerotic) or linear (with or without melorheostosis or hemiatrophy). It is twice as common in women as in men. The condition is characterized by skin ischaemia, lymphocytic infiltrates, swollen collagen bundles, and thickening of the dermis with reduction of subcutaneous fat.

synonyms

Localized Scleroderma, Circumscribed Scleroderma, Morphea

UMLS

Addison's keloid, Circumscribed scleroderma, Circumscribed scleroderma NOS, Circumscribed scleroderma, localized type, Dermatosclerosis, localized, Localised dermatosclerosis, Localised morphoea, Localised scleroderma, Localized dermatosclerosis, Localized morphea, Localized Scleroderma, Localized Sclerodermas, Morphea, Morphea scleroderma, Morphea, localized, Morphoea, SCLERODERMA CIRCUMSCRIBED, Scleroderma, Circumscribed, Scleroderma, Localized, Sclerodermas, Localized, Sclerodermia, circumscribed

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