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Scleromyxedema with corneal deposits
H M Goldin1, A J Axelrod, D M Bronson
1Department of Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL 60612.
Ophthalmology
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
Scleromyxedema (Arndt-Gottron syndrome) is a rare cutaneous disease in which hyaluronic acid is deposited in the dermis. The authors describe a patient with scleromyxedema and corneal deposits. A corneal biopsy demonstrated hyaluronic acid deposition in the corneal stroma and amyloid P component in Bowman's membrane. This is the first report of scleromyxedema involving the cornea. It is also the first report of amyloid P component deposition in the cornea occurring independent of corneal amyloid deposits.