title: Atrophodermia vermiculata: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A 21-year-old woman with an 11-year history of symmetric reticular atrophy on both cheeks, pre-auricular areas, and forehead is presented. The depressions gave a worm-eaten appearance to the skin. Histopathological findings from a biopsy specimen of lesional skin revealed an atrophic follicle. The connective tissue showed mild inflammation in perifollicular and perivascular distribution. The hair follicle was widely dilated and was filled with a keratotic plug. This case points out many of the outstanding clinical and histopathological features of atrophodermia vermiculata as described previously. Atrophodermia vermiculata appears to be one of a group of closely related conditions characterized by keratosis pilaris and atrophy of the skin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Gudrunstrasse 56, D-44791 Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Sander
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Altmeyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy / Q000473:pathology; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology