Follicular mucinosis on the forehead of a 15-year-old girl

• Authors: Piotr Brzeziński , Anca Chiriac
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Follicular mucinosis is a rare dermatosis characterized by accumulation of mucin in the follicular epithelium and sebaceous glands. Clinically, it is characterized by the presence of papules or well-circumscribed and infiltrative plaques. In this paper, we report a case of a 15-year-old girl, in which an asymptomatic, erythematous and infiltrative plaque evolved within a few weeks in the forehead region. There was no regression of the lesion with the use of topical glucocorticosteroids and isotretinoinum for 30 days.

Keywords

EN

alopecia mucinosa   follicular mucinosis   lymphoma   paraneoplastic syndrome   skin diseases  

Discipline

• MEDICINE: MEDICINE

• Publisher: Medical Education
• Journal: OncoReview
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 3
• Pages: A122-124

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• Document Type: article