The clinical picture of morphea

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled The clinical picture of morphea (Przegl Lek. 2007;64(6):438-41). Authors are Wojas-Pelc A Wielowieyska-Szybińska D from the Katedra i Klinika Dermatologii, Collegium Medicum, Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków. Skin scleroderma (LS) is characterised by stiffness of skin and/or deeper tissues. As opposed to systemic scleroderma, the involvement of internal organs and Raynaud phenomenon are predominately not observed in morphea. LS is quite rare disease, more frequent in women and young people. LS is divided into: plaque morphoea, generalised morphoea, blistering morphoea, linear morphoea and deep morphoea. Different types of skin scleroderma lesions can be observed in one patient or can combine linear and deep fibrosis. Presented classification is clinically useful and it has prognostic and therapeutic implications. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.