Clinical characteristics and histopathological changes of morphea; A single-center, retrospective study of 137 patients

Clinical variants of morphea: (A) plaque type on the upper back (B) linear (en coup de sabre) type (C) linear type with blaschkoid distribution (D) deep type accompanied with muscle atrophy (E) generalized type which showed isomorphic plaques covering the entire trunk. Supplemental figure 2.

The three patterns of sclerosis in morphea: (A) Top-heavy pattern; moderate to severe sclerosis in the papillary to the superficial reticular dermis, while below the mid dermis is relatively spared. (B) Bottom-heavy pattern; moderate to severe sclerosis below the mid dermis, while papillary to the superficial reticular dermis is relatively spared. (C) Full-thickness pattern; moderate to severe sclerosis throughout the whole dermis.