scleromyxedema

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scleromyxedema /scle·ro·myx·ede·ma/ (sklēr″o-mik″sĕ-de´mah)

1. lichen myxedematosus.

2. a term sometimes used to refer to lichen myxedematosus associated with scleroderma.

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Lichen myxedematosus with diffuse thickening of the skin underlying the papules.

scleromyxedema [skle″ro-mik″sĕ-de´mah]

a variant of lichen myxedematosus characterized by a generalized eruption of the nodules and diffuse thickening of the skin.

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No references found			Scleromyxedema has a clinical distribution that favors the head and neck region, and is almost always associated with a circulating paraprotein. MRI in the era of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: review, ... by Kuo, Phillip H.; Abu-Alfa, Ali; Bucala, Richard; Griffith, Jason; Carlson, Kacie; Girardi, Michael; / Applied Radiology The most important histologic differential diagnosis is with scleromyxedema. Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis mimicking inflammatory breast carcinoma by Solomon, Garron J.; Wu, Elizabeth; Rosen, Paul Peter / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine To our knowledge, this is the first report of treating scleromyxedema with transplantation, and additional investigations would be helpful for determining the response rate for progressive [forms of the disease]," wrote Adrienne Feasel, MD and colleagues. Stem cell transplant used to treat scleroderma variant by Transplant News			scleroblastema Scleroblitum atriplicinum sclerochoroiditis scleroconjunctival scleroconjunctivitis sclerocornea sclerocorneal sclerocorneal junction sclerodactyly scleroderma scleroderma heart scleroderma neonatorum sclerodermatitis sclerogenous scleroid scleroiritis sclerokeratectomy sclerokeratitis sclerokeratoiritis Sclerolaena ScleroLaser scleroma scleromalacia scleromalacia perforans scleromere scleromyxedema scleronychia scleronyxis sclerophthalmia scleroplasty ScleroPLUS scleroprotein sclerosal Sclerosant sclerose sclerosing sclerosing adenosis sclerosing agents sclerosing cholangitis sclerosing hemangioma sclerosing keratitis sclerosing metanephric hamartoma sclerosing osteitis Sclerosing Peritonitis sclerosing phlebitis sclerosing solution sclerosis scleroskeleton Sclerosol sclerostenosis sclerosteosis syndrome			Sclerodermic Sclerodermite Scleroelastic Lesion Sclerogen sclerogenous sclerogenous Sclerogibbidae scleroid scleroid scleroiritis sclerokeratectomy sclerokeratitis sclerokeratoiritis Sclerolaena ScleroLaser scleroma scleroma scleroma scleromalacia scleromalacia perforans scleromas scleromas scleromas scleromata scleromata scleromata scleromere sclerometer sclerometer Sclerometry scleromyxedema scleronychia scleronyxis Scleropages Scleropages jardinii Scleropages leichardti Scleroparei Scleroparei sclerophthalmia Sclerophyll Sclerophyll Sclerophyll Forests Sclerophyllic Sclerophyllic Sclerophyllous Sclerophyllous sclerophylls sclerophylls scleroplasty ScleroPLUS scleroprotein scleroprotein scleroprotein Scleroproteins Scleroproteins Scleroproteins sclerosal sclerosant Scleroscope scleroscope hardness test Scleroscopes

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