Scleroderma, Localized

Synonyms

Circumscribed Scleroderma

Dermatosclerosis

Frontal Linear Scleroderma en Coup de Sabre

Linear Scleroderma

Localized Scleroderma

Morphea

Morpheas

Scleroderma, Circumscribed

Scleroderma, Linear

Sclerodermas, Localized

A term used to describe a variety of localized asymmetrical SKIN thickening that is similar to those of SYSTEMIC SCLERODERMA but without the disease features in the multiple internal organs and BLOOD VESSELS. Lesions may be characterized as patches or plaques (morphea), bands (linear), or nodules.