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Annals of Dermatology 2008;20(4):226-229

In 2005, Kreidstein first proposed the term "Cutis pleonasmus," a Greek term meaning "redundancy," which refers to the excessive skin that remains after massive weight loss. Cutis pleonasmus is clearly distinguishable from other diseases showing increased laxity of the skin, such as pseudoxanthoma elasticum, congenital and acquired generalized cutis laxa. Although individuals who are severely overweight are few and bariatric surgeries are less common in Korea than in the West, the number of these patients is increasing due to changes to Western life styles. We report a case for a 24-year-old man who presented with generalized lax and loose skin after massive weight loss. He was diagnosed with cutis pleonasmus based on the history of great weight loss, characteristic clinical features and normal histological findings. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of cutis pleonasmus in Korea.
Bariatric Surgery ; Cutis Laxa ; Humans ; Korea ; Life Style ; Overweight ; Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum ; Skin ; Weight Loss ; Young Adult

7.A Case of Unilateral Darier's Disease; Acantholytic Dyskeratotic Epidermal Nevus?.

Margaret SONG ; Sang Hee SEO ; Hyun Chang KO ; Moon Bum KIM ; Chang Keun OH ; Kyung Sool KWON

Korean Journal of Dermatology 2008;46(5):703-706

Darier's disease is an uncommon genodermatosis, characterized by the symmetric eruption of keratotic papules, focal loss of epithelial adhesion and abnormal keratinization. A unilateral, or localized variant has been identified as a mosaic form, involving linear or 'zosteriform' epidermal lesions with clinical and histological features of Darier's disease. Some suggest that unilateral lesions should be classified as acantholytic dyskeratotic epidermal nevi, rather than localized Darier disease. A 17-year-old male presented with unilateral zosteriform distribution of brownish hyperkeratotic papules with ipsilateral v-notching of the thumb nail. A biopsy specimen revealed acantholysis, suprabasal cleft and multiple dyskeratotic cells. We report a case of unilateral Darier's disease which further supports unilateral dermatologic manifestation as a variant of Darier's disease.
Acantholysis ; Adolescent ; Biopsy ; Darier Disease ; Humans ; Keratins ; Male ; Nails ; Thumb

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