J Korean Med Sci.  2004 Jun;19(3):481-483. 10.3346/jkms.2004.19.3.481.

Widespread Scleredema Accompanied with a Monoclonal Gammopathy in a Patient with Advanced Ankylosing Spondylitis

• Chang HK
• Kim YC
• Kwon BS

• KMID: 1786834
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2004.19.3.481

Abstract

Scleredema is a rare cutaneous mucinosis characterized by chronic diffuse induration of the skin, and it is occasionally associated with a monoclonal gammopathy (MG). Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is noted to be another, chronic systemic inflammatory disorder of the axial skeleton that may accompany the MG. However, patients with scleredema and AS accompanied with a MG have not been reported in the literature. We here report a 40-yr-old man with scleredema and advanced AS accompanied with a MG of IgA-kappa protein. Widespread, long-standing scleredema has been developed over 10 yrs after the initial manifestation of AS. It is uncertain whether the coexistence of scleredema and AS is more than coincidental.

Keyword

Scleredema Adultorum; Spondylitis, Ankylosing; Gammopathy, Monoclonal; Paraproteinemias

MeSH Terms

Adult
Collagen/metabolism
Human
Immunoglobulins, kappa-Chain/chemistry
Inflammation
Lumbar Vertebrae/radiography
Male
Mucins/metabolism
Paraproteinemias/*complications/diagnosis
Scleredema Adultorum/*complications/diagnosis
Skin/pathology
Spondylitis, Ankylosing/*complications/diagnosis

Figure

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  Fig. 1 There is a marked induration of the skin on the posterior neck.

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  Fig. 2 The radiograph of lumbar spine and pelvis shows near total ankylosis of bilateral sacroiliac joints and a bamboo spine appearance with bilateral syndesmophytes (arrows) at the thoracolumbar vertebrae.

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  Fig. 3 (A) The collagen bundles are thickened and separated by clear spaces leading to fenestrations of the collagen (hematoxylin and eosin, ×200). (B) Mucin deposits are present between the collagen bundles (Alcian blue stain, ×200).

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