title: Congenital cutaneous mucinosis with spontaneous regression: an atypical cutaneous mucinosis of infancy?
abstract: The nomenclature and classification of cutaneous mucinosis is quite complex. An updated classification of idiopathic cutaneous mucinosis (lichen myxoedematosus), included three clinicopathological subsets: a generalized papular and sclerodermoid form, a localized papular form, and an atypical or intermediate form. Cutaneous mucinosis occurring in infancy is very rare. We report a 7-month-old boy with a history of multiple opalescent papules over his fingers and toes since birth. The lesions spontaneously regressed and became indiscernible after 5 years of clinical follow-up. The condition was similar to cutaneous mucinosis of infancy but was also unique because of its spontaneous regression and acral location.
authors.affiliation: Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, China.
authors.forename: C-W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: T-F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: S-P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Y-F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C-M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Hung
mesh_terms: D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D017520:Mucinoses / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D014034:Toes / Q000473:pathology