Open AccessCase of generalized morphea complicated with systemic sclerosis
Author(s) -
Soichiro Sawamura,
Katsunari Makino,
H Nakashima,
Takamitsu Makino,
Satoshi Fukushima
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
dermatology reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.183
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2036-7406
pISSN - 2036-7392
DOI - 10.4081/dr.2021.9382
Subject(s) - morphea , medicine , localized scleroderma , scleroderma (fungus) , dermatology , hyperpigmentation , pathology , connective tissue disease , fibrosis , autoimmune disease , disease , lichen sclerosus , inoculation
Dear Editor, Localized scleroderma (LSc; morphea) is a rare fibrosing disease of the skin and underlying tissues, which is different from systemic sclerosis (SSc). 1 LSc is classified based on clinical presentations: circumscribed, linear, generalized, pansclerotic, and mixed morphea. 1 Generalized morphea (GM) , which is characterized by widespread skin lesions with multiple indurated plaques or hyperpigmentation, is a relatively rare subtype occurring in 7-9% of patients with LSc. 1 Previous studies have shown that SSc can be complicated by GM, separately from GM-like SSc. Here, we present a rare case of coexistence of LSc and SSc in which LSc skin lesions appeared before SSc became apparent [...].