Korean Journal of Dermatology  1999;37(12):1862-1864

A Case of Follicular Mucinosis.

Hak Joong LEE 1 ; Sang Suck LEE ; Sung Wook PARK ; Han Young WANG

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Keywords

Follicular mucinosis; Mucin

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

We report a case of follicular mucinosis in a 12-year-old girl. She had an erythematous indurated plaque with an ill-defined border on the chin. A biopsy specimen showed reticular degeneration, cystic space formation, and abundant mucin deposition in pilosebaceous follicles. She had been treated with topical corticosteroid for 3 months. The skin lesion was completely resolved.