title: When is surgical treatment not appropriate for morphea?
abstract: Morphea is an inflammatory cutaneous disease that can be mistaken for a soft-tissue neoplasm. The authors report two cases of morphea that were resected surgically before the histological diagnosis of morphea was rendered. One of the patients had a recurrence of morphea around her large surgical scar. They present these cases to alert surgeons to the pitfall of inappropriate surgical treatment of an inflammatory condition.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1228, USA.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Kamath
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Usmani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pellegrini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology