Post Trauma Morphea - A Brief Case Report

Abstract

Scleroderma is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by progressive connective tissue sclerosis and microcirculatory changes. Localized scleroderma is considered a limited disease.The patient presented with a localized sclerotic skin and claimed to be traumatic. The studies of the laboratories did not produce interesting data. A skin biopsy specimen from the buttock revealed a normal epidermis with dermal and hypodermal collagen sclerosisThe histological and clinical set of symptoms coincided with localized morphea.