A Case of Scleredema.
- Author:
Eui Chul JEONG
;
Kwang Ho CHOI
;
Jae Hong KIM
;
Joong Hwan KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Scleredema;
Diabetes mellitus
- MeSH:
Diabetes Mellitus;
Edema;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Neck;
Scleredema Adultorum*;
Shoulder;
Upper Extremity
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1985;23(5):658-661
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Scleredema is a rare scleradematosis of unknown cause involving the face, neck, upper portion of the trunk, and proximal upper extremities. The clinical features of the disease are nonpitting indurated edema or stiffness of the neck, which may be sudden or insidious in onset. Diabetes mellitus and its complications have been frequently described to be associated with this disease. We present a case of scleredema developed on the nape, upper portion of the back and shoulder in 60-year-old man who had been suffered from diabetes mellitus for the past ten years.
