Severe extrapulmonary thoracic restriction caused by morphea, a form of localized scleroderma.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A prevalent clinical perception is that thoracic restriction in patients with morphea or scleroderma should not result from cutaneous sclerosis alone; that there must be some underlying parenchymal lung disease or respiratory muscle weakness. But herein we describe a patient with morphea and severe thoracic restriction that appears to result mainly from cutaneous sclerosis.
Medical subject headings
- Dyspnea
- Scleroderma, Localized
- Thorax