Scleromyxedema - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Susan M Rabizadeh, MD

Diagnosis

scleromyxedema

Body Site

total body thigh leg

Age

45 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

confluent

Color

brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

generalized, disseminated symmetric

Comments

This 45-year-old woman had a diffuse slowly progressive asymptomatic eruption for 7 years. During a hospitalization for mental status changes, she was noted to have a IgG monoclonal gammopathy. After 1 treatment with intravenous immunoglovulin, her mental status returned to normal and many of the skin lesions softened and flattened. Images 4 and 5 were taken a day after IVIG was administered.

Description

diffuse generalized discrete and confluent uniform waxy 2-3 mm hyperpigmented papules

Image Added

8/4/2004 12:39:04

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