Scleromyxedema: A Complete Response to Prednisone
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Scleromyxedema: a case treated with oral prednisone Escleromixedema: um caso tratado com prednisona oral
Scleromyxedema is an idiopathic cutaneous mucinosis characterized by a papular eruption, skin induration and paraproteinemia. Histologically, fibrolast proliferation can be observed in the upper dermis associated with a mucine deposition. Treatment is difficult and at present there is no totally effective therapeutic modality to control the disease. The present report is on a 68-year-old patien...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mayo Clinic Proceedings
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0025-6196
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-6196(11)65128-8