title: Inflammatory arthritis, sacroiliitis, and morphea: evidence of a systemic inflammatory disease.
abstract: Morphea is a skin disease characterized by local skin inflammation and fibrosis. Extracutaneous manifestations have been described with this disease including inflammatory arthritis. We describe a case of morphea who developed inflammatory polyarthritis and sacroiliitis coincident with new skin lesions.
authors.affiliation: Toronto Scleroderma Program, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5T 2S8 ; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11468, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mohammed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Omair
authors.forename: Sindhu R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Johnson