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Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol
July 2024
Department of Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher education, Manipal, Udupi, Karnataka, India.
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol
July 2022
Dermatology Clinic, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Int J Dermatol
August 2022
Dermatology Service, Lozano Blesa University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain.
Clin Dermatol
November 2021
Unit of Dermatology, Department of Medical Science and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Italy.
Cutaneous dermal mucinoses are a group of conditions characterized by abnormal deposition of mucin (hyaluronic acid and sulfated glycosaminoglycans) in the dermis. They can be classified either as localized or generalized forms and occur primarily or secondarily to systemic disorders. Obesity-associated lymphedematous mucinosis and pretibial stasis mucinosis are uncommon and relatively newly recognized disorders occurring in obese patients or in patients with venous insufficiency.
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September 2019
Department of Dermatology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Introduction: Stasis mucinosis and obesity-associated lymphedematous mucinosis (OALM) have been described as 2 discrete diagnostic entities.
Case Report: A morbidly obese African American man in his late 60s presented to the emergency room with a 3-month history of swelling of both lower extremities and secondary changes suggestive of lymphedema and venous dermatitis. On physical examination, the patient had severe edema with multiple raised areas of verruciform skin changes and varicosities, diffuse induration, erythema, and scaling.
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