What is it about?
A case history of an unusual cause of congestive cardiac failure - atypical scleromyxedema. The clinical features, test results including the MRI scan and histopathology of the affected skin helped make the diagnosis. Treatment was geared to the heart failure.
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Why is it important?
Doctors need to be aware of unusual presentations of this condition and work out appropriate options of treatment.
Perspectives
The patient presented with a complex history and examination. Systematic clinical reasoning allowed targeted investigations and diagnostic confirmation. Treatment of the problems improved the clinical status of the patient.
Professor David A Kandiah
University of Western Australia
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This page is a summary of: Atypical scleromyxedema presenting with cutaneous and cardiovascular manifestations, International Medical Case Reports Journal, September 2016, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/imcrj.s115315.
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