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1/2011
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Scleromyxoedema in a 70-year-old woman – case report and review of the literature

Agata Maciejewska-Radomska
,
Małgorzata Sokołowska-Wojdyło
,
Aleksandra Wilkowska
,
Igor Michajłowski
,
Jadwiga Roszkiewicz

Post Dermatol Alergol 2011; XXVIII, 1: 63–66
Online publish date: 2011/03/07
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Lichen myxoedematosus and its generalized papular and sclerodermoid form is a rare, chronic scleroderma-like disease. Skin thickening with concomitant lichenoid papules dominates in the clinical picture. Papules tend to disseminate on the hands, forearms, face, back, trunk and thighs. Pruritus is a very common symptom in the course of the disease. Furthermore, sclerodactyly may appear as well as scleroderma-like skin changes on the face. In some cases monoclonal gammopathy is also observed. In general, the treatment of scleromyxoedema is disappointing, especially because of visceral involvement. We present the case report of a 70-year-old woman with scleromyxoedema treated with melphalan ineffectively.
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lichen myxoedematosus, scleromyxoedema, monoclonal gammopathy, melphalan
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