Mucinosis

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Mucinoses are a group of cutaneous diseases caused by fibroblasts producing abnormally large amounts of acid mucopolysaccharides (i.e. mucin), usually hyaluronic acid.<ref name="Andrews">,

 Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology, 
  
 Saunders Elsevier, 
 2006, 
  
  
 ISBN 978-0-7216-2921-6,</ref>: 183  

Cutaneous mucinosis is a group of conditions involving an accumulation of mucin or glycosaminoglycan in the skin and its annexes. It is described in some connective tissue diseases but never in association with mixed connective tissue disease.

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