Juvenile Localized Scleroderma from the Perspective of Pediatric Rheumatologist. Aspects of Diagnostics

Abstract

The localized scleroderma (morphea) is the clinical option of the juvenile scleroderma, the third in prevalence rheumatic condition in pediatrics. The article summarizes all the data on the classification, diagnostics, and differential diagnosis of juvenile localized scleroderma. The recent international guidelines on the localized scleroderma in pediatrics (the European consensus of pediatric rheumatologists, the German and Japanese national guidelines) are presented in the article.

Keywords

• juvenile localized scleroderma
• morphea
• linear scleroderma
• deep morphea
• pansclerotic morphea
• generalized morphea
• pediatric rheumatology
• pediatric dermatology