Camero MJC, Anuy EK, Fajardo, Curbelo FJC

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ABSTRACT

Morphea is a rare fibrosing disease of the skin and underlying tissues which is more common in women and can appear at any age. It is an autoimmune and benign disease with spontaneous remission or chronic relapsing course; it is characterized by the appearance of single or multiple, rounded or linear, asymptomatic, chronically evolving sclerosed skin areas without systemic involvement. We present a female pediatric patient with this disease, whose symptoms, diagnostic examination and histology were compatible with linear morphea that, despite the delay in its diagnosis, she had a favorable evolution once immunosuppressive treatment was started, and physiotherapy was simultaneously performed.