When is surgical treatment not appropriate for morphea?
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Morphea is an inflammatory cutaneous disease that can be mistaken for a soft-tissue neoplasm. The authors report two cases of morphea that were resected surgically before the histological diagnosis of morphea was rendered. One of the patients had a recurrence of morphea around her large surgical scar. They present these cases to alert surgeons to the pitfall of inappropriate surgical treatment of an inflammatory condition.
Medical subject headings
- Scleroderma, Localized