morphea

Up to 15% of morphea patients may fall into this previously unrecognized category.

Physicians and scientists do not know what causes morphea.

Individuals with morphea or limited scleroderma have a relatively positive outlook.

Morphea: a condition involving hard, oval-shaped patches on the skin.

Rarely, this type can affect blood vessels or internal organs (generalized morphea).

Skin lesion a severe form of localized morphea.

Throughout the years, many different treatments have been tried for morphea including topical, intra-lesional, and systemic corticosteroids.

Various skin conditions such as dermatomyositis, vitiligo, pemphigus, morphea, Peyronie's disease.

The Sirens (Morphea is the only one named, Episode 9)

In alphos, the skin is rough, and looks as if it had drops of white on it, not much differing from morphea.

Case reports and observational studies suggest there is a higher frequency of family history of autoimmune diseases in patients with morphea.

Development of pseudobullous morphea and scleroderma-like illness during therapy with L-5-hydroxytryptophan and carbidopa.

Morphea includes specific conditions ranging from very small plaques only involving the skin to widespread disease causing functional and cosmetic deformities.

This classification scheme does not include the mixed form of morphea in which different morphologies of skin lesions are present in the same individual.

As in many other connective tissue or autoimmune disorders, morphea mainly involves women, with a F:M ratio of 3:1.

Generalized morphea is characterized by widespread indurated plaques and pigmentary changes, sometimes associated with muscle atrophy, but without visceral involvement.

Tests for autoantibodies associated with morphea have shown results in higher frequencies of anti-histone and anti-topoisomerase IIa antibodies.

As with all of these treatments for morphea, the difficulty in assessing outcomes in an objective way has limited the interpretation of most studies involving these treatment modalities.

PABA is taken by mouth for skin conditions including vitiligo, pemphigus, dermatomyositis, morphea, lymphoblastoma cutis, Peyronie's disease, and scleroderma.

Morphea-lichen sclerosus et atrophicus overlap is characterized by both lesions of morphea and lichen sclerosus et atrophicus, most commonly seen in women.

Pansclerotic morphea is manifested by sclerosis of the dermis, panniculus, fascia, muscle, and at times, the bone, all causing disabling limitation of motion of joints.

Morpheaform sarcoidosis is a very rare cutaneous condition characterized by specific cutaneous skin lesions of sarcoidosis accompanied by substantial fibrosis, simulating morphea.

Morphea 6593AB-7, usually simply called Morphea (pronunciation: MORE-fee-ah), is a fictional character published by DC Comics.

Morphea also may be under-reported, as physicians may be unaware of this disorder, and smaller morphea plaques may be less often referred to a dermatologist or rheumatologist.

UVA-1, a more specific wavelength of UVA light, is able to penetrate the deeper portions of the skin and thus, thought to soften the plaques in morphea by acting in two fashions: