Linear Morphea
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Linear morphea may cause atrophy of the underlying skeletal muscles and even bone causing severe contractures and limb deformities. The photograph shows severe unilateral deformity of lower extremity in a 16 y/o with untreated morphea. The patient was not treated during active disease due to disseminated tuberculosis. Image courtesy of: Josette McMichael, MD; Atlanta, Georgia, USA.