Perforating calcific elastosis

✍ Scribed by L Caldas Lopes; L Lobo; R Bajanca

• Book ID: 104470267
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 179 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0926-9959
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00612.x

✦ Synopsis

ABSTRACT

A 69‐year‐old white multiparous woman presented a reticulated yellowish patch with scattered keratotic papules on her abdomen. Histopathological examination demonstrated pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE)‐like changes. The diagnosis of perforating calcific elastosis (PCE) was made based on the absence of a personal and familial history of PXE. PCE is a localized acquired dermatosis and is considered to be a distinct clinical entity.