The Journal of the Korean Society for Transplantation  2014;28(4):236-240

doi:10.4285/jkstn.2014.28.4.236

Papular Mucinosis in a Renal Transplantation Recipient.

Jae Keun PARK 1 ; Mi Yeon YU ; Gunwoo KOO ; Joo Hee KWAK ; Jung Hoon LEE ; In Sub JUNG ; Hyunwoo OH ; Joon Sung PARK

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Keywords

Papularmucinosis; Kidney transplantation; Cyclosporine

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Papular mucinosis (PM, scleromyxoedema) is a rare dermatologic disease. It is histologically characterized by a focal dermal deposit of mucin within the skin. Although PM is accepted as an idiopathic disease in most cases, some authors argued that it may be a cutaneous manifestation of a systemic disease. Here, we describe a 68-year-old male kidney transplantation recipient with a complaint of intractable itching sensation on the forehead. We diagnosed the skin lesions as PM, which were improved after cyclosporine dose reduction.