Case for diagnosis. Localized scleroderma or morphea.
Localized scleroderma or morphea is a chronic disease of the connective tissue. Its etiology may be autoimmune and the condition results from a disturbance in collagen synthesis and deposition, clinically represented by sclerotic skin lesions. Some plaques may be yellowish, which can be misleading at diagnosis. This article reports the case of an adolescent girl who concomitantly presented erythematous lesions and yellowish lesions, both of which constitute clinical manifestations of the disease.
Tomiyoshi
Carolina
C
Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Wojcik
Adma Silva de Lima
AS
Vencato
Elisa Milani Oba
EM
Taques
Guilherme Ribas
GR
Fillus Neto
José
J
Brenner
Fabiane Andrade Mulinari
FA
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000473:pathology*