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#redirect [[Panniculitis#Morphea_profunda]]
'''Morphea profunda''' is a type of [[panniculitis]].  It is also known as ''scleroderma panniculitis''.
 
==General==
{{Main|Scleroderma}}
*Think about the name... sclerotic (sclero-) dermis (-derma).
 
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=pmid18948765>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Brinster | first1 = NK. | title = Dermatopathology for the surgical pathologist: a pattern-based approach to the diagnosis of inflammatory skin disorders (part II). | journal = Adv Anat Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 6 | pages = 350-69 | month = Nov | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1097/PAP.0b013e31818b1ac6 | PMID = 18948765 }}</ref>
*Septal fibrosis/expansion - '''key feature'''.
**Classically ~2-3x an adipocytes thick.
*+/-Deep dermal perivascular lymphocytes and plasma cells.
 
DDx:
*[[Erythema nodosum]].
*[[Lichen sclerosus]] - fibrosis only superficial.
 
===Images===
*www:
**[http://www.dermaamin.com/site/images/histo-pic/s/superficial-morphea/superficial-morphea1.jpg Morphea - low mag. (dermaamin.com)].<ref>URL: [http://www.dermaamin.com/site/histopathology-of-the-skin/71-s/2154-superficial-morphea-.html http://www.dermaamin.com/site/histopathology-of-the-skin/71-s/2154-superficial-morphea-.html]. Accessed on: 5 October 2011.</ref>
**[http://www.dermaamin.com/site/images/histo-pic/s/superficial-morphea/superficial-morphea2.jpg Morphea - high mag. (dermaamin.com)].
 
==See also==
*[[Panniculitis]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|1}}
 
[[Category:Dermatopathology]]

Revision as of 22:23, 10 January 2018

Morphea profunda is a type of panniculitis. It is also known as scleroderma panniculitis.

General

  • Think about the name... sclerotic (sclero-) dermis (-derma).

Microscopic

Features:[1]

  • Septal fibrosis/expansion - key feature.
    • Classically ~2-3x an adipocytes thick.
  • +/-Deep dermal perivascular lymphocytes and plasma cells.

DDx:

Images

See also

References

  1. Brinster, NK. (Nov 2008). "Dermatopathology for the surgical pathologist: a pattern-based approach to the diagnosis of inflammatory skin disorders (part II).". Adv Anat Pathol 15 (6): 350-69. doi:10.1097/PAP.0b013e31818b1ac6. PMID 18948765.
  2. URL: http://www.dermaamin.com/site/histopathology-of-the-skin/71-s/2154-superficial-morphea-.html. Accessed on: 5 October 2011.