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Papular mucinosis is a rare disease of unknown aethiology
and pathogenesis, with a chronic, progressive course. Due to the low
incidence of the disease, the majority of the papers have been published as
case-reports or as clinical studies based on only a few patients.
For this reason some important features of the disease are still controversial.
As an example, there is no precise estimate of the prevalence of visceral
involvement (i.e. neurologic, cardiovascular, or other clinical manifestations)
and no controlled therapeutic protocols.
Therefore the Papular Mucinosis / Scleromyxedema Internet-based Multicentre
Study (PMS-IMS) has been developed to collect individual experiences on one or
more cases, in a unique data-base with the aim of answering these unresolved
questions.
Case reports may be submitted according to the indications contained in the
case report form together with one or
more clinical pictures and will be evaluated by a
scientific committee before
inclusion in the data base.
Case reports will be published in a supplement area of the
On-line Archives of
Rheumatology.
The PMS-IMS project has been developed by the Editors of the On-line
Archives of Rheumatology with the contribution of the Editorial Board and
the support of the Division of Rheumatology of the University of Padova.
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