The association of potentially lethal neurologic syndromes with scleromyxedema (papular mucinosis)

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1993 Jan;28(1):105-8. doi: 10.1016/0190-9622(93)70021-k.

Abstract

Two patients with scleromyxedema who had progressive neurologic impairment are described. One patient died, and one required prolonged mechanical ventilation. A review of the literature has produced 24 other cases of scleromyxedema in which neurologic changes were prominent.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chronic Disease
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mucinoses / complications*
  • Mucinoses / pathology
  • Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
  • Nervous System Diseases / immunology
  • Paraproteins / analysis

Substances

  • Paraproteins