A Case of Fibroelastolytic Papulosis.
- Author:
Jae Bin SHIN
1
;
Myeung Hun CHOI
;
Hae Jun SONG
;
Chil Hwan OH
;
Ji Soo PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. anodyner@medimail.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Elastolysis;
Fibroelastolytic papulosis;
Papulosis
- MeSH:
Collagen;
Dermis;
Elastic Tissue;
Female;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Neck;
Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2007;45(8):825-828
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Fibroelastolytic papulosis is proposed as the diagnostic term for cases previously identified as pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like papillary dermal elastolysis and white fibrous papulosis of the neck. Clinical presentation of fibroelastolytic papulosis is asymptomatic to mildly pruritic whitish-yellow papules that may coalesce into cobblestone- patterned plaques resembling pseudoxanthoma elasticum. Histology is characterized by normal, decreased, or absent elastic fibers in the papillary dermis sometimes accompanied by a thickening of collagen fibers. We report a 60-year-old woman with flesh to yellowish colored papules with cobblestone appearance, which were histologically consistent with fibroelastolytic papulosis.
