title: A case of self-healing juvenile cutaneous mucinosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Self-healing juvenile cutaneous mucinosis is a very rare, self-limiting disease characterized by the abrupt onset of asymptomatic papules and nodules located primarily on the face and periarticular regions of a juvenile patient. There have been less than 20 cases reported since it was first described in 1973.
  
  
  METHODS
  Most cases have been reported in children 15 years and younger. Herein we present a case affecting a 17-year-old. To our knowledge, this the oldest reported patient with this condition in the USA.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite the rarity of this disease, it is important to keep SHJCM on the differential in pediatric patients presenting with proliferating papules and nodules. Knowledge of this entity may prevent unnecessary diagnostic testing and aggressive treatment in the pediatric population with this self-limited disease.
authors.affiliation: University of Florida.
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Steffes
authors.forename: Spencer A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bezalel
authors.forename: Ann A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Church
authors.forename: Vladamir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vincek
authors.forename: Stanton K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Wesson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000473:pathology*; D005546:Forehead; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017520:Mucinoses / Q000473:pathology*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous