Table 2. Performance of Morphea Subtype Classification Schemes in Categorizing Patients.
| Morphea subtype | Patients, No. (%) (N = 944) |
|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic (Peterson et al6) criteria (533 of 944 patients [56%] categorized) | |
| Morphea | |
| Plaque | 141 (15) |
| Generalized | 244 (26) |
| Bullous | 0 |
| Linear | 474 (50) |
| Deep | 0 |
| Unsuccessfully classified | 411 (44) |
| Patients with deep lesionsa | 367/703 (52) |
| Eosinophilic fasciitis | 3 (0.3) |
| Indeterminate subtype | 41 (4) |
| Padua criteria7 (900 of 944 patients [95%] categorized) | |
| Circumscribed morphea | 141 (15) |
| Linear scleroderma | 474 (50) |
| Generalized morphea | 244 (26) |
| Pansclerotic morphea | 3 (0.3) |
| Mixed morphea | 38 (4) |
| Unsuccessfully classified | 44 (5) |
| Eosinophilic fasciitis | 3 (0.3) |
| Indeterminate subtype | 41 (4) |
| European Dermatology Forum criteria8 (487 of 944 patients [52%] categorized) | |
| Limited | |
| Morphea | |
| Plaque | 141 (15) |
| Guttate | 0 |
| Superficial | 0 |
| Generalized | 244 (26) |
| Linear | 474 (50) |
| Deep | 0 |
| Mixed | 38 (4) |
| Eosinophilic fasciitis | 3 (0.3) |
| Unsuccessfully classified | 457 (48) |
| Patients with deep lesionsa | 367/703 (52) |
| Patients with superficial lesionsa | 116/703 (17) |
| Indeterminate subtype | 41 (5) |
a
Owing to discrepancies in data collection between the 2 databases, information available for 703 of 944 patients.