title: Scleredema adultorum.
abstract: Scleredema adultorum is a rare connective tissue disorder reported usually following streptococcal infection, influenza, measles, and mumps. It has been reported occasionally following trauma and tuberculous lymphadenitis. This is a report of scleredema adultorum developing after chicken pox in an eight-year-old male child. The diagnosis was established by characteristic picture on skin biopsy using special stain. The patient had a benign course and a spontaneous recovery in two weeks. The case has been reported as the first case of scleredema adultorum developing after chicken pox.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Seth G. S. Medical College and K. E. M. Hospital, Parel, Mumbai - 400 012, India. rameshparmar@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Parmar
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Bavdekar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Doraiswamy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khambadkone
mesh_terms: D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012592:Scleredema Adultorum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*