| Autor: |
Khatu SS, Dhurat RS, Nayak CS, Pereira RR, Kagne RB |
| Zdroj: |
Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology; Jan/Feb2011, Vol. 77 Issue 1, p55-58, 4p |
| Abstrakt: |
Four types of elastosis perforans serpiginosa (EPS) have been described in literature: 1) idiopathic EPS, 2) reactive perforating elastosis associated with connective tissue disorders, 3) in some instances of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), disease-specific calcified elastic tissue is extruded, producing a clinical picture indistinguishable from other types, may also be seen in patients undergoing hemodialysis and 4) EPS induced by long-term treatment with D-penicillamine is observed in patients suffering from Wilson's disease. Long term D-penicillamine therapy causes an alteration in the dermal elastic tissue. D-penicillamine induced EPS has a distinctive histopathologic feature - serrated appearance of elastic fibers due to perpendicular budding from their surface giving a 'lumpy-bumpy' look. D-penicillamine induced elastic fiber alteration may not always manifest clinically as EPS. We report a case of D-penicillamine induced widespread alteration in skin elastic tissue with distinct histopathologic features. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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