[Post-inflammatory cutis laxa. A case report].
Cutis laxa (CL) is a rare disorder in which the skin hangs in loose fields, so that affected individuals appear to be prematurely aged. The changes are more evident when effect the face with a prematurely-aged appearance. The acute form follows an inflammatory skin lesions. Its aetiology is not well known. We report a case of a head acute CL of a 17 years patient, secondary to a generalized skin eruption. The prematurely-aged appearance concern especially forehead, ear lobes and nasolabial folds. A two stages surgical treatment has associated: a forehead lifting associated to a Coleman lipofilling and an ear lobe reduction, a secondary Coleman lipofilling of the nasolabial folds. The skin biopsy confirm the diagnosis. The correction is stable and satisfactory after one year. The confrontation of our findings to those previously described confirm complexity of diagnosis and histological observations of this rare disorder.
Ben Jemaa
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Service de chirurgie plastique, reconstructrice et esthétique, hôpital Sud, 16, boulevard de Bulgarie, BP 90347, 35203 Rennes, France.
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Georgieu
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Pailheret
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Watier
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D000293:Adolescent; D003483:Cutis Laxa / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D004549:Elastin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D014581:Urticaria / Q000150:complications*
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