| Title | Ultrastructural findings in the skin lesions of patients with anetoderma. |
| Author(s) | Venencie PY, Winkelmann RK, Moore BA |
| Source | Acta Derm Venereol 1984; 64(2):112-20. |
| MeSH | Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Cutis Laxa
Cytoskeleton
Elastic Tissue
Female
Humans
Male
Microscopy, Electron
Middle Aged
Skin
Skin Diseases
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| Abstract | Eight biopsy specimens from the skin lesions of five patients with anetoderma were studied for their ultrastructural findings. In all of them, normal elastic fibers were absent and a few very thin, irregular elastic fibers with a more or less complete loss of the amorphous substance and a relative conservation of the microfibrils were observed. The collagen fibers were normal. Inflammation composed of macrophages and lymphocytes, with some plasma cells, was a prominent finding. It is suggested that anetoderma and acquired cutis laxa are part of the same spectrum of elastolytic disease. |
| Language | eng |
| Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
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| PubMed ID | 6203297 |
