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Scleromyxedema with dermato-neuro syndrome
J Gonzalez1, M Palangio, J Schwartz
1Section of Photopheresis and Department of Internal Medicine, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ 07962-1956, USA.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|April 18, 2000
Abstract:
Scleromyxedema is a rare connective tissue disease of unknown cause characterized by a generalized papular eruption, dermal fibroblast proliferation, and monoclonal paraproteinemia. A paroxysmal triad consisting of high fever, seizures, and coma with a flu-like prodrome can rarely occur in patients with scleromyxedema and is termed "dermato-neuro syndrome." We describe a 41-year-old patient with scleromyxedema in whom the dermato-neuro syndrome developed.