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Papular mucinosis and human immunodeficiency virus infection
D E Biro1, Y C Lynfield, E R Heilman
1Department of Dermatology, State University of New York, Brooklyn 11203, USA.
Cutis
|February 1, 1995
Abstract:
Cutaneous mucin deposition occurs both as an isolated phenomenon and in patients with various systemic disorders. Among these are endocrinopathies (eg, hypo- and hyperthyroidism), malignancy (mycosis fungoides), connective tissue disorders (lupus erythematosus), and infectious diseases (scleredema associated with upper respiratory tract infection). We present a case of papular mucinosis in a patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. This case represents the third report of these disorders coexisting.