title: Scleromyxedema (papular mucinosis): a surgical perspective.
abstract: Scleromyxedema (papular mucinosis) is a rare systemic disorder with a poor prognosis that produces severe aesthetic and functional disability. A patient is presented for whom the hitherto undescribed use of aggressive surgical intervention for palliation is applied. Methods are described, including a discussion of the trial-and-error evolution of the treatment. Results are shown that suggest that there is a place for surgical intervention in the treatment of the cutaneous changes produced by this disease.
authors.affiliation: Kootenai Medical Center, Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dooley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017520:Mucinoses / Q000601:surgery*; D009230:Myxedema / Q000601:surgery*; D010166:Palliative Care; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology