Follicular mucinosis: an important differential diagnosis of leprosy in an endemic area

• Egile Nagusiak: Danielle Cristine Westphal (Egilea), Silmara Navarro Pennini (Egilea), Petra Pereira de Souza (Egilea), Gustavo Ávila Maquiné (Egilea), Antônio Pedro Mendes Schettini (Egilea), Mônica Santos (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Primary follicular mucinosis is a rare dermatosis characterized by the accumulation of mucin in the follicular epithelium and sebaceous glands. Clinically, it is characterized by the presence of papules or well-circumscribed and infiltrated plaques. In this paper, we report the case of a fe...