Morphea

Morphcea (mor-fe'-ah). Circumscribed Scleroderma, Add is on's Keloid; the commonest form of scleroderma, occurring usually in young female adults. Its commonest seats are about the breasts and the face and neck, and often it follows the course of the nerve-distribution. It occurs in the form of patches, rounded, ovoid, or irregular in outline; small or large, soft or firm, smooth or shining, pale yellowish or brownish in color. The lesions are, as a rule, asymmetric. The course of the disease is chronic. The disease may also manifest itself in the form of atrophic, pit-like depre ions in the skin, and as lines, streaks, and telangiectases. M. lardacea, a form of Morphea. M. maculosa, a form of morphea characterized by the presence of macules. M. nigra, a pigmented form of Morphea. M. tuberosa, a variety of morphea in which nodules are formed.