Review article

Reticular erythematous mucinosis: A rare cutaneous mucinosis

Amer Ali Almohssen ; Dermatopathology fellow at the State University of New YorkDownstate Medical School & The Ackerman Academy of Dermatopathology, New York City, NY, USA
Ragha Vasantha Suresh orcid.org/0000-0002-2989-543X ; University of Chicago Medical Center
Robert A Schwartz ; Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Abstract

Reticular erythematous mucinosis (REM) is a rare form of primary cutaneous mucinosis, most often involving the midline of the upper chest or back in middle-aged women. REM bears clinical and histopathologic resemblance to lupus erythematosus tumidus (LET), dermatomyositis, scleredema, and lichen myxedematosus. Early recognition and diagnosis of REM is particularly relevant to exclude the abovementioned diseases, as REM is more benign and has fewer systemic consequences.

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Hrčak ID:

219584

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/219584

Publication date:

25.4.2019.

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