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mid dermal elastosis
rare?
sex?
location?
itch?
stains?
rare 60 cases
women 30 to 50
trunk, lateral neck, and upper extremities
asymptomatic
Verhoeff-van Gieson or Weigert's
mid dermis elastosis
where elastic fibers?
no affect papillary or reticular elastic fibers
no affect elastic fibers around hair follicles
Weigert's Stain
elastic blue black
collagen red
cytoplasm yellow
nuclei blue
Weigert's Stain
elastic blue black
collagen red
cytoplasm yellow
nuclei blue
Verheoff-van Gieson
elastic stain

elastic fibers blue black
collagen red
nuclei blue black
cytoplasm yellow
postinflammatory elastolysis and cutis laxa
young AA girls
insect bite?
inflammatory phase indurated plaques or urticaria, malaise and fever then DIFFUSE WRINKLING ATROPHY AND severe disfigurement
perifollicular elastolysis
slective and almost complete loss of elastic fibers aroudn hair follicles
ELASTASE STAPH EPI
macular atrophy
anetoderma
anetoderma maculosa
anetoderma
anetoderma maculosa cutis
anetoderma
atrophia maculosa cutis
anetoderma
anetoderma
clinical?
primary vs secondary?
histo?
1 - 2 cm flaccid skin elevated, macular, or depressed
primary: inflam and non-inflam
secondary: infection and inflam and tumors

focal dermal defect of elastic tissue
anetoderma
age?
sex?
25 to 30
females
sclerodermie atrophique d'emblee
idiopathic atrphoderma of pasini and pierini
morphea plana atrophica
idiopathic atrophoderma of pasini and pierini
dyschromic and atrophic variation of sclerodrma
idiopathic atrophoderma of pasini and pierini
idiopathic atrophoderma of pasini and pierini
brown to blue depressed patches
POSTERIOR TRUNK
CLIFF DROP
NO INDURATION

aysmptomatic
years benign course
atrophoderma vermiculatum assoc syndromes
1. Rombo syndrome
2. Nicolau-Balus syndrome
3. Tuzan syndrome
4. Braun-Falco-Marghescu
anetoderma
location?
defect?
TRUNK
focal or complete loss of ELASTIN
PAPILLARY and/or MID-RETICULAR DERMIS
Mid-dermal elastosis
LATERAL NECK, trunk, arms
SELECTIVE loss of ELASTIN MID DERMIS BAND-LIKE PATTERN