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Table 3 Classification of localized scleroderma

From: Facial asymmetry: a case report of localized linear scleroderma patient with muscular strain and spasm

Limited type

Morphea (plaque type of localized scleroderma)

 

Guttate morphea

 

Atrophoderma idiopathica of Pasini and Pierini (superficial morphea)

Generalized type

Generalized localized scleroderma

 

Disabling pansclerotic morphea

 

Eosinophilic fasciitis (Shulman syndrome)

Linear type

Linear localized scleroderma of the extremities

 

Linear localized scleroderma “en coup de sabre”

 

Progressive facial hemiatrophy (Parry-Romberg syndrome)

Deep type

Deep morphea

  1. Source: German guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of localized scleroderma, 2009 [10]
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