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Spontaneous resolution of lichen myxoedematosus
Author(s) -
HARDIE R.A.,
HUNTER J.A.A.,
URBANIAK S.,
HABESHAWJ J.A.
Publication year - 1979
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1979.tb08080.x
Subject(s) - clearance , abnormality , persistence (discontinuity) , lichen , spontaneous remission , medicine , dermatology , pathology , biology , urology , ecology , alternative medicine , geotechnical engineering , psychiatry , engineering
SUMMARY Lichen myxoedematosus was diagnosed in a 44‐year‐old woman in 1957. Despite the persistence of an abnormal serum protein, the skin lesions cleared by 1965. The protein abnormality disappeared several years later.