title: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: a dermal elastosis with surgical implications.
abstract: We discuss the condition of pseudoxanthoma elasticum and its differential diagnosis, and we present a patient who had this illness. The redundant skin was surgically removed from her axilla and thigh.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000793:Angioid Streaks / Q000209:etiology; D003483:Cutis Laxa / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011561:Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology