Elastosis perforans serpiginosa and associated disorders.
We report elastosis perforans serpiginosa (EPS) arising in three patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta and Down's syndrome. These cases illustrate some of the rare but well-recognized disease associations with EPS. The other causes of EPS are reviewed.
Mehta
R K
RK
Department of Dermatology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Burrows
N P
NP
Payne
C M
CM
Mendelsohn
S S
SS
Pope
F M
FM
Rytina
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003094:Collagen / Q000032:analysis; D020405:Dermis / Q000473:pathology; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
D003094:Collagen