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Cutaneous focal mucinosis with spontaneous healing
Author(s) -
Suhonen R.,
Niemi K.M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1983.tb00336.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mucinosis , pathology , abnormality , diabetes mellitus , dermatology , endocrinology , psychiatry
A case of extensive cutaneous local mucinosis is described. The patient had insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus with complications in the peripheral circulation. No thyroid abnormality was found. The diagnosis was confirmed by typical clinical appearance, by light and electron microscopy. Shortly after the biopsies were taken, clinical healing became evident — a phenomenon which was clearly seen at the ultramicroscopic level. On the basis of the present case, supported by sparse evidence from the literature, it seems probable that cutaneous focal mucinosis does not present a real neoplasm, but a reactive condition with a possibility of spontaneous healing.