title: MRI findings in deep and generalized morphea (localized scleroderma).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our objective was to describe the spectrum of MRI features in patients with deep and generalized morphea.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Imaging features of morphea are not specific and usually overlap with those of other disorders involving the skin, fascia, and musculature, such as some types of fasciitis, myositis, and so forth. Nevertheless, the imaging features of morphea reflect pathomorphologic changes of this rare disorder and enable a complete assessment of the disease extent, including depth of infiltration and disease activity.
authors: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, Tübingen 72076, Germany.
authors: Marius
authors: M
authors: Horger
authors: Gerhard
authors: G
authors: Fierlbeck
authors: Jasmin
authors: J
authors: Kuemmerle-Deschner
authors: Nikolay
authors: N
authors: Tzaribachev
authors: Manfred
authors: M
authors: Wehrmann
authors: Claus D
authors: CD
authors: Claussen
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Fritz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis