Extensive morphea profunda with autoantibodies and benign tumors: A rare case report

The term deep morphea describes a variant of morphea (localised scleroderma) in which inflammation and sclerosis are found in the deep dermis, panniculus, fascia or superficial muscle. It is sometimes associated with autoantibodies. We report the case of a 49 year-old male who had morphea profunda (...

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Autores principales: Budamakuntla, Leelavathy, Malvankar, Dipali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3505433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23189258
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.101823
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description The term deep morphea describes a variant of morphea (localised scleroderma) in which inflammation and sclerosis are found in the deep dermis, panniculus, fascia or superficial muscle. It is sometimes associated with autoantibodies. We report the case of a 49 year-old male who had morphea profunda (radiologically and histopathologically confirmed) affecting mainly the left side of the body with face, trunk and limb involvement, along with autoantibody production and associated neurofibromas and lipomas.
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spelling pubmed-35054332012-11-27 Extensive morphea profunda with autoantibodies and benign tumors: A rare case report Budamakuntla, Leelavathy Malvankar, Dipali Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report The term deep morphea describes a variant of morphea (localised scleroderma) in which inflammation and sclerosis are found in the deep dermis, panniculus, fascia or superficial muscle. It is sometimes associated with autoantibodies. We report the case of a 49 year-old male who had morphea profunda (radiologically and histopathologically confirmed) affecting mainly the left side of the body with face, trunk and limb involvement, along with autoantibody production and associated neurofibromas and lipomas. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3505433/ /pubmed/23189258 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.101823 Text en Copyright: © Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Extensive morphea profunda with autoantibodies and benign tumors: A rare case report
title_full Extensive morphea profunda with autoantibodies and benign tumors: A rare case report
title_fullStr Extensive morphea profunda with autoantibodies and benign tumors: A rare case report
title_full_unstemmed Extensive morphea profunda with autoantibodies and benign tumors: A rare case report
title_short Extensive morphea profunda with autoantibodies and benign tumors: A rare case report
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