Mucinosis | |
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Classification and external resources | |
Specialty | dermatology |
ICD-10 | L98.5 |
ICD-9-CM | 701.8 |
DiseasesDB | 31366 31368 |
MeSH | D017520 |
Mucinoses are a group of cutaneous diseases caused by fibroblasts producing abnormally large amounts of acid mucopolysaccharides (i.e. mucin), usually hyaluronic acid.