title: Pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
abstract: We report a case of pseudoxanthoma elasticum in a 44-year-old Afro-Caribbean woman who presented with excessive wrinkling and loosening of the skin of the neck. She was treated by platysmoplasty and bilateral neck lift followed by latent excision of nuchal skin folds.
authors.affiliation: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Bart's and The London NHS Trust/The Homerton University Hospital, United Kingdom. Electronic address: Harith.akram@doctors.org.uk.
authors.forename: Harith
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akram
authors.affiliation: Bart's and The London NHS Trust, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel E1 1BB, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Mathew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Sewell
authors.affiliation: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Homerton University Hospital, Homerton Row, London E9 6SR, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Leo H H
authors.initials: LHH
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044964:Cervicoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011561:Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015595:Skin Aging / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D014427:Twins