Self-healing papular mucinosis

Medical condition

Self-healing papular mucinosis
Specialty	Dermatology

Self-healing papular mucinosis is a skin condition caused by fibroblasts producing abnormally large amounts of mucopolysaccharides, and may present in adult and juvenile forms. The juvenile variant is also called self-healing juvenile cutaneous mucinosis.

References

^ James WD, Berger TG, Elston DM, Neuhaus IM, Micheletti RG (2016). "Chapter 9: Mucinoses: Lichen Myxedematosus". Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology (12th ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier. pp. 179–182. ISBN 978-0-323-31967-6.
Rapini RP, Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set (2nd ed.). St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1.

v t e Mucinosis/Lichen myxedematosus
Localized lichen myxedematosus	Discrete papular lichen myxedematosus Acral persistent papular mucinosis Self-healing papular mucinosis/Self-healing juvenile cutaneous mucinosis Papular mucinosis of infancy Atypical lichen myxedematosus Atypical tuberous myxedema Nodular lichen myxedematosus
Other primary mucinoses	Cutaneous focal mucinosis Cutaneous lupus mucinosis Eccrine mucinosis Alopecia mucinosa Perifollicular mucinosis Stiff skin syndrome Generalized lichen myxedematosus Reticular erythematous mucinosis
Secondary mucinoses	Basal-cell carcinoma Granuloma annulare

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