title: [Pseudoxanthoma elasticum associated with endocrine disorders, renal and adrenal cystic dysplasia, sensorineural hearing loss and mental disorders].
abstract: The paper reports a case of a 24-year old woman affected by pseudoxanthoma elasticum with typical flexural skin and ocular lesions. Other rarely associated diseases were also present: simple colloid goitre with hypothyroidism, renal and suprarenal capsules and ovarian cysts, consequent dysfunction of the pituitary-adrenal axis, hirsutism, cochlear hypoacusis, frontal sinus hypoplasia, and neuropsychiatric disorders. The association with hypothyroidism, hypoacusis and neuropsychiatric disorders is fully discussed, and it is suggested that the latter might be caused by peripheral vascular damage.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Dermosifilopatica, I Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Napoli.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Uzzauto
mesh_terms: D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000150:complications*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D011561:Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Pseudoxantoma elastico associato a disendocrinia, displasia cistica renosurrenale, ipoacusia neurosensoriale e disturbi psichici.