Taber's Medical Dictionary
scleredema
(skler″ĕ-dē′mă)
[sclero- + edema]
Induration of and mucin deposition on the skin of the upper back and neck, usually occurring in association with type 2 diabetes mellitus and occasionally in patients after acute streptococcal infections. In diabetic patients it may regress with strict control of blood sugars.
SCLEREDEMA
scleredema adultorum
SEE: Buschke scleredema.
Buschke scleredema
SEE: Buschke scleredema
scleredema neonatorum
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