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. 1970 Sep;32(5):720–722. doi: 10.1136/hrt.32.5.720

Scleroedema of Buschke

An uncommon cause of cardiomyopathy

M L Johnson 1,2, H Ikram 1,2
PMCID: PMC487401  PMID: 4319334

Abstract

A case of scleroedema of Buschke involving skin and myocardium in a 69-year old woman is described. Widespread electrocardiographic abnormalities were present at the height of the disease, which improved over 18 months as the mucopolysaccharide infiltration of the skin cleared.

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