Localized scleroderma: A rare clinical entity

Abstract

Localized Scleroderma (LS), which is also referred to as morphea, is an inflammatory disease that leads to diffuse or localized fibrotic and atrophic skin hardening. It is an uncommon, autoimmune, multisystem connective tissue disease that is characterized by excessive collagen deposition, widespread microvascular abnormalities, widespread skin fibrosis, and proliferative obstructive vasculopathy, which are the hallmark pathological features. Here we present a case of localized scleroderma in a middle-aged female patient.

Keywords

• Autoimmune disorder
• fibrosis
• scleroderma