Acral persistent papular mucinosis: a case report and literature review

Acral persistent papular mucinosis and lichen myxedematosus.

Acral Persistent Papular Mucinosis with Partial Response to Tacrolimus Ointment

Received June 11, 2015, Revised July 21, 2015, Accepted for publication August 10, 2015 Corresponding author: Dong-Youn Lee, Department of Dermatology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06351, Korea. Tel: 82-2-3410-3543, Fax: 82-2-3410-3869, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the C...

Oral Focal Mucinosis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Introduction: Oral focal mucinosis (OFM) is the soft tissue counterpart of cutaneous fo-cal mucinosis (CFM) and is often misdiagnosed as an oral myxoma. OFM occurs during the fourth and fifth decades of life, predominantly in women (two females per male). Case Report: A 22-year-old lactating female presented with a growing painless, sessile tumor with pale pink color and a lobulated surface wi...

Acral papular mucinosis: a new case of this rare entity*

Acral persistent papular mucinosis (APPM) is a rare subtype of localized lichen myxedematosus. It consists of small papules localized exclusively on the back of the hands, wrists and extensor aspects of distal forearms with no other clinical or laboratory manifestations. The lesions tend to persist and may increase slowly in number. Histologically, hematoxylin-eosin and Alcian blue staining dem...

Localized papular mucinosis with IgA nephropathy: a case report.

BACKGROUND Papular mucinosis is an idiopathic cutaneous mucinosis. It includes 3 clinicopathologic subsets according to the recent Rongioletti classification: a generalized papular form, a localized form, and atypical forms. The localized form is subdivided into 5 subtypes. The atypical form does not meet the criteria for either the generalized papular form or the localized forms and includes l...