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**[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-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)].
**[http://www.dermaamin.com/site/images/histo-pic/s/superficial-morphea/superficial-morphea2.jpg Morphea - high mag. (dermaamin.com)].
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Skin, Left Medial Back, Punch Biopsy:
- Moprhea.
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Revision as of 22:24, 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

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Skin, Left Medial Back, Punch Biopsy:
- Moprhea.

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.