title: Perforating calcific elastosis.
abstract: A 69-year-old white multiparous woman presented a reticulated yellowish patch with scattered keratotic papules on her abdomen. Histopathological examination demonstrated pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE)-like changes. The diagnosis of perforating calcific elastosis (PCE) was made based on the absence of a personal and familial history of PXE. PCE is a localized acquired dermatosis and is considered to be a distinct clinical entity.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Dermatologia, Hospital do Desterro, Rua Nova do Desterro, 1169-100 Lisbon, Portugal. luisa.c.lopes@clix.pt
authors.forename: L Caldas
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lobo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bajanca
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007642:Keratosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D011561:Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*