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
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Scleredema." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764415/all/scleredema.
Scleredema. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764415/all/scleredema. Accessed May 18, 2025.
Scleredema. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764415/all/scleredema
Scleredema [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 May 18]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764415/all/scleredema.
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