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Intravenous immunoglobulins control scleromyxoedema
A Righi1, F Schiavon, S Jablonska
1Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Italy.
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
|January 10, 2002
Abstract
Background:
Scleromyxoedema is a variant of papular mucinosis affecting the skin and internal organs. The different therapeutic approaches proposed for scleromyxoedema are still unsatisfactory. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) has been successfully employed in the treatment of connective tissue diseases and vasculitides.
Patients:
The successful treatment of three cases of scleromyxoedema with IVIg is reported here.
Conclusions:
The relatively low risk of the drug and the high effectiveness seen in three patients suggest that IVIg is a new treatment potentially useful in scleromyxoedema.