Mid-dermal elastolysis with inflammation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 71-year-old white woman had finely wrinkled, erythematous patches of skin that met the clinical and histologic criteria for mid-dermal elastolysis. In addition to the loss of mid-dermal elastin described in previous cases, histopathologic examination revealed a superficial and deep perivascular inflammatory infiltrate of lymphocytes and plasma cells and interstitial collections of multinucleated giant cells containing phagocytized elastin. These results support a previously postulated inflammatory pathogenesis for mid-dermal elastolysis.
Medical subject headings
- Cutis Laxa
- Dermatitis
- Elastic Tissue
- Erythema
- Leg Dermatoses