Pain control should be individualized. Morphea is a localized form of scleroderma characterized by indurated plaques with violaceous borders. The condition is three times more common in women than in men. Multiple or single lesions may be present, progressing slowly over months or years. The condition may be simulated by lichen sclerosus et atrophicus, which usually presents as ivory-white, shiny atrophic papules or plaques with follicular plugging.
Lesions usually regress after years but leave hyperpigmentation.
Spina bifida may be associated with morphea occurring on the legs and lower trunk. A person viewing it online may make one printout of the material and may use that printout only for his or her personal, non-commercial reference.