title: Cutaneous mucinous deposits.
abstract: A survey of conditions with mucinous deposits is given. The most important factors for their diagnosis are to consider these disorders and to stain the slides for proteoglycans or glycosaminoglycans; the most common routine techniques are the Giemsa and the Alcian-blue stain. More sophisticated methods allow differentiation between specific compounds, especially hyaluronic acid and various proteoglycans.
mesh_terms: D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009077:Mucins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D009077:Mucins