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Lichen myxoedematosus with associated cardiac abnormalities
Author(s) -
MorrisJones R.,
Staughton R.C.D.,
Walker M.,
Sheridan D.J.,
Rajappan K.,
Leonard J.,
Hardman C.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04091.x
Subject(s) - lichen , medicine , biology , ecology
We describe a 42‐year‐old woman who developed lichen myxoedematosus. Twenty years after the onset of the disease she became breathless and hypertensive, and an echocardiogram showed a mass on the mitral valve, which was thought to be a mucin deposit. Her hypertension was resistant to treatment with combination antihypertensives. To our knowledge, this is the first report to link lichen myxoedematosus with a valvular mucinous mass. This case also demonstrates the slow clinical progression of the disease over 20 years.