Wrinkles due to idiopathic loss of mid-dermal elastic tissue.
Widespread areas of fine wrinkling of the skin had been noted for 2 years by a 42-year-old healthy white woman. Histological study disclosed a selective absence of elastic tissue strictly limited to the mid-dermis of the involved areas. It was postulated that an antecedent urticarial process may have led to such a specific zonal destruction of elastic tissue. The elastolytic process did not change or extend, and no urticarial lesions were seen during a year of observation.
D000328:Adult; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014581:Urticaria / Q000150:complications*