AN UNUSUAL CASE OF TRANSIENT PAPULAR MUCINOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH CARPAL-TUNNEL SYNDROME

A 67-year-old man presented with discrete mucinous papules on the scal p and fingers, and bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. Both features rem itted spontaneously within several months. The acral distribution, and histopathological features, were in keeping with the recently describ ed acral persistent papular mucinosis. Involvement of the scalp, howev er, has not previously been described, and transient mucin deposition is unusual. The history of bilateral carpal tunnel compression raises the possibility of extracutaneous involvement, not previously reported in this group of patients.