Glenda's middle-aged ankles still hurt badly. I have been treating morphea enveloping her ankles for several years. With therapies including methotrexate, mycophenolate mofetil, clobetasol, ...

(HealthDay)—Patients with localized scleroderma (morphea) often experience delay in diagnosis and variability in treatment that is based more on the specialty of the provider than disease ...

The prognosis of morphea is generally good, especially in cases with superficial lesions. 13 Morphea that extends deeper into the bone may result in functional disability and joint contractures. 13 ...

Background. A previously healthy 50-year-old man presented with thickening and hardening of the skin on his trunk, neck and upper extremities that had started after the appearance of a 5 cm web-like ...

Scleroderma is an autoimmune disorder characterized by excessive collagen deposition in dermis. It can be localized in morphea 1 and systemic in systemic sclerosis (SSc), where fibrosis and failure of ...

Localized scleroderma, as the term denotes, is localized to the skin on the hands and face. It is characterized by slow progression and rarely transforms to the systemic type. Localized scleroderma is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A multispectral 3D camera has shown benefits in predicting pediatric morphea disease progression. The Antera 3D ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Standard of care treatments for morphea yielded reasonable success over long-term follow-up, according to a ...