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Cutaneous mucinoses are a wide spectrum of disorders, characterized by the deposition of glycosaminoglycans, also known as acid mucopolysaccharides in the dermis, follicles, or in the epidermis. Major cutaneous mucinoses include lichen myxedematosus, scleredema, mucinoses associated with altered thyroid function, reticular erythematous mucinosis, papulonodular mucinosis associated with connective tissue diseases, and cutaneous focal mucinosis. In the last years, several new presentations in adults have been described. They include (a) obesity-associated lymphedematous mucinosis and pretibial stasis mucinosis, (b) cutaneous mucinoses associated with drug exposure, (c) cutaneous mucinoses after physical and mechanical traumas, (d) cutaneous mucinosis after knee replacement, and (e) nodular mucinosis of the breast (NMB). |
