The clinical course, laboratory findings and histopathology of scleredema adultorum in a four-year-old boy were typical. Temporary elevation of urinary chondroitin sulfuric acid was observed. The urinary findings and histopathology suggest the possibility that scleredema may be an "acquired" and transitory mucopolysaccharidosis.
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