title: Primary anetoderma in a young male involving palms, soles and the scalp: rarest of the rare.
abstract: Primary anetoderma is a rare idiopathic disease of the skin, characterized by circumscribed areas of loose skin, and loss of elastic fibers upon histopathologic examination. Two forms are traditionally distinguished, primary and secondary. Primary anetoderma occurs when there is no underlying associated skin disease, whereas the latter refers to an abnormal repair mechanism of preexisting skin lesions. We are reporting a case of primary anetoderma with lesions present all over the body, including the scalp, palms and soles, the sites that are not known to be involved in this condition.
authors: Department of Dermatology, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors: Noopur
authors: N
authors: Jain
authors: Department of Dermatology, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors: Bagirath Singh
authors: BS
authors: Rathore
authors: Department of Dermatology, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors: Abhishek
authors: A
authors: Bhardwaj
authors: Department of Pathology, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors: Rani
authors: R
authors: Bansal
keywords: Elastolysis and elastorrhexis; palms; primary anetoderma; soles and scalp