title: Self-healing infantile familial cutaneous mucinosis.
abstract: Childhood cutaneous mucinoses have been rarely reported and are difficult to classify. We describe two brothers who developed multiple, extensive cutaneous lesions during the first few months of life. Histologically the lesions were composed of mucin deposits in the dermis. In the first patient, the lesions spontaneously disappeared over the years. We believe that familial self-healing cutaneous mucinosis represents a unique entity not previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: González-Enseñat
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vicente
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Castellá
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vila
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arimany
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D005190:Family; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D017520:Mucinoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*