Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune disease involving an overproduction of the protein collagen. Linear scleroderma usually begins as a streak of hardened, waxy, discolored skin on the forehead, an arm, ...

Localized scleroderma, as the term denotes, is localized to the skin on the hands and face. It is characterized by slow progression and rarely transforms to the systemic type. Localized scleroderma is ...

Diffuse scleroderma (extensive skin thickening proximal to the elbows and knees along with internal organ involvement) Scleroderma sine sclerosis (Raynaud's phenomenon and internal involvement without ...

A previously healthy 15-month-old boy presented with a papular, erythematous rash that had developed over the previous 5 weeks. The papules were arranged in a thin vertical line that extended along ...

LAKELAND — When Taylor Brown was 2, her mother, TaMetress “Meki” Reed, noticed a swollen spot on her daughter’s head. But it wasn’t from a fall. The spot was one of the first signs Taylor has En Coup ...

Scleroderma (meaning “hard skin” in Greek) is synonymous with morphea, although the latter term is usually reserved for a benign form of localized disease. All forms of scleroderma are ultimately ...