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Self‐healing juvenile cutaneous mucinosis in a patient with nephroblastoma
Author(s) -
WADEE S.,
ROODE H.,
SCHULZ E.J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1994.tb01129.x
Subject(s) - mucinosis , medicine , juvenile , dermatology , pathology , biology , genetics
Summary Self‐healing juvenile cutaneous mucinosis is characterized by an early age of onset, the presence of plaques and nodules in a characteristic distribution, and rapid onset followed by spontaneous resolution of the lesions within a period of weeks to months. Only four previous cases have been reported. The patient in this study was an 8‐year‐old child who developed cutaneous mucinosis while undergoing chemotherapy for a nephroblastoma, This is the first case described of self‐healing juvenile cutaneous mucinosis associated with a neoplasm.