Scleroderma, 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.
Year introduced: 2004 (1971)
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Tree Number(s): C17.300.787, C17.800.767
MeSH Unique ID: D012594
Entry Terms:
- Localized Scleroderma
- Sclerodermas, Localized
- Scleroderma, Circumscribed
- Circumscribed Scleroderma
- Dermatosclerosis
- Morphea
- Morpheas
- Scleroderma, Linear
- Frontal Linear Scleroderma en Coup de Sabre
- Linear Scleroderma
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