title: [Nodules on localized scleroderma or morphea].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Localized scleroderma or morphea usually appears as flat or depressed lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report 3 cases of morphea with atypical appearance, alternating pigmented and depigmented patches with nodules or sclerous bands, occurring in adult men.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The occurrence of nodular elements on generalized or localized scleroderma, although rare, was first reported in the literature by Addisson in 1884. These nodules usually appear during evolution. These scleroderma are then described as being keloidal or nodular. We report 3 cases of nodules on localized scleroderma which appeared at the beginning of the dermatosis and where the scleroderma had a similar unusual irregularly pigmented appearance.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France. bayle.p@chu-toulouse.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bayle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bazex
authors.forename: M-C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Marguery
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lamant
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012880:Skin Pigmentation