Case for diagnosis. Papular elastorrhexis.
Papular elastorrhexis is a rare acquired disease, first described in 1987 by Bordas, which has been very rarely reported in the literature. It is characterized by small asymptomatic non-follicular papules, mainly distributed in the trunk. Histology of the lesions shows homogenization of collagen and fragmentation of elastic fibers in the dermis. The rarity of this disease is probably due to the subtlety and benign nature of clinical and histopathological alterations, which can be easily confused with other pathologies. The authors report the case of a patient with exuberant clinical manifestations typical of elastorrhexis papular.
Dermatology Service, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Emanuela Plech
EP
Thomé
Raquel Bissacotti
RB
Steglich
Carolina Degen
CD
Meotti
Joel
J
Schwartz
Ana Letícia
AL
Boff
D000328:Adult; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035583:Rare Diseases; D017444:Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous / Q000473:pathology*