Pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
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.
Akram
Harith
H
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Bart's and The London NHS Trust/The Homerton University Hospital, United Kingdom. Electronic address: Harith.akram@doctors.org.uk.
Sewell
Mathew D
MD
Bart's and The London NHS Trust, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel E1 1BB, United Kingdom.
Cheng
Leo H H
LHH
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Homerton University Hospital, Homerton Row, London E9 6SR, United Kingdom.
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