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Case Reports
. 2009 Feb;145(2):127-30.
doi: 10.1001/archdermatol.2008.547.

Extracorporeal photochemotherapy for generalized deep morphea

Jason H Neustadter  1 , Frank Samarin, Kacie R Carlson, Michael Girardi
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Case Reports

Extracorporeal photochemotherapy for generalized deep morphea

Jason H Neustadter et al. Arch Dermatol. 2009 Feb.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1
The patient’s abdominal skin prior to treatment. Indurated and bound-down plaques coalesced to involve most of the abdominal skin. These lesions were tender to palpation and pruritic.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The patient’s abdominal skin after 15 months of treatment. The indurated plaques had completely resolved, with marked softening noted. A residual reticulated erythema remained.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Improvement in the patient’s ranges of motion in the shoulders over 1 year during treatment with extracorporeal photochemotherapy (ECP). Ext indicates external.
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