Mucinosis
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Mucinoses are a group of cutaneous diseases caused by fibroblast
Fibroblast
A fibroblast is a type of cell that synthesizes the extracellular matrix and collagen, the structural framework for animal tissues, and plays a critical role in wound healing...

s producing abnormally large amounts of acid mucopolysaccharides (i.e. mucin), usually hyaluronic acid.
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