Mesh term Mucinoses
Browse to parent terms:Connective Tissue Diseases
Description
Mucoid states characterized by the elevated deposition and accumulation of mucin (mucopolysaccharides) in dermal tissue. The fibroblasts are responsible for the production of acid mucopolysaccharides (GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS) in the ground substance of the connective tissue system. When fibroblasts produce abnormally large quantities of mucopolysaccharides as hyaluronic acid, chondroitin sulfate, or heparin, they accumulate in large amounts in the dermis.Browse to child terms:
Ganglion Cysts
Mucinosis, Follicular
Mucopolysaccharidoses
Myxedema
Scleredema Adultorum
Scleromyxedema
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