[Indolent swelling of the neck].

Scleredema adultorum Buschke is a rare disease of unknown etiology characterized by an immovable edematous swelling and hardening of the skin which typically begins in the neck and spreads to the face, head, shoulders and thorax. No standardized therapy for scleredema adultorum Buschke has yet been established. As in the case of our patient, a systemic cortisone therapy is normally administered combined with high-dose penicillin and physiotherapy.