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Luciana Rodino Lemes1, Gabriele Medina Vilela1, Sandra Maria Barbosa Durães2
1Graduate degree in Dermatology from Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
Abstract:
Scleredema of Buschke (SB) is a rare disorder of connective tissue characterized by diffuse non-pitting induration of the skin, mainly on the cervical, deltoid and dorsal regions. It is a cutaneous mucinosis of unknown etiology and is associated with bacterial or viral infections, hematological disorders and diabetes mellitus. Histopathological examination shows thickened dermis with wide collagen bundles separated by gaps that correspond to mucopolysaccharide deposits, visualized using special staining. Several treatments are reported in the literature without well-established results. We report a case of SB in a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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