Papular elastorrhexis, a distinctive entity?
Papular elastorrhexis is a rare entity of elastic tissue characterized by multiple white papules usually located on the trunk. We report a case of papular elastorrhexis in a 22-year-old man with sparse lesions and discuss the main controversial facts in this entity: its consideration as an independent disease or as an incomplete form of Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome and the confusion with and its possible inclusion as a variant of elastic tissue naevi.
Del Pozo
Jesús
J
Department of Dermatology, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, Spain. del_pozo@canalejo.org
Martínez
Walter
W
Sacristán
Felipe
F
Fernández-Jorge
Beatriz
B
Fonseca
Eduardo
E
D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D010023:Osteopoikilosis / Q000473:pathology*; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013577:Syndrome; D035441:Thoracic Wall