[Morphea associated with toxoplasmosis]

Disciplina de Dermatologie, Facultatea de Medicină, Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr.T. Popa Iaşi.

Circumscribed scleroderma or morphea is a rare disease that involves limited areas of skin and usually is not associated with visceral lesions. Its etiology is still debated, but its appearance signifies a particular immunological status. We present a case of a male patient, which developed morphea lesions during the infection with Toxoplasma gondii. Clinical manifestation was characteristic for the classic plaque-type of morphea. Diagnosis was confirmed by the histopathologic examine of the cutaneous lesions. The evolution of lesions was correlated with antibodies titre for Toxoplasma gondii, and local administration of corticosteroids accelerated the evolution to cutaneous lesions stabilization.

PMID: 14756079 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]