JLE

European Journal of Dermatology

MENU

Dermoscopic findings of pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like papillary dermal elastolysis Volume 27, numéro 1, January-February 2017

Illustrations


  • Figure 1
Auteurs
1 Department of Dermatology,
2 Department of Pathology,
Toho University Ohashi Medical Center,
Tokyo, Japan

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like papillary dermal elastolysis (PXE-like PDE) is an acquired disease due to the reduction or loss of elastic fibres. It presents with cutaneous findings similar to pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE).A 70-year-old woman visited our department for gradually extending small nodules that had developed on her neck six years ago, on the axillae and cubital/popliteal fossae. Physical examination revealed multiple non-follicular, white-to-yellowish, soft aggregated small nodules on [...]