Bullous solar elastosis.

Abstract

Solar elastosis (SE) is a well-recognized manifestation of chronic sun exposure, mainly affecting white patients. Well-established clinical manifestations of SE include Favre-Racouchot syndrome, cutis rhomboidalis nuchae, actinic comedonal plaques, elastomas, elastotic nodules of the ears, elastotic bands, collagenous plaques of the hands and colloid millia. Bullous SE is a very unusual presentation of SE, which consists clinically of tense bullae on chronically sun-damaged skin and is characterized histopathologically by a dermal cleft within a dermis with severe SE. Bullous SE is a rare but characteristic clinical expression of SE.

• Authors: J A Heras, F Jiménez, M L Soguero, C Arjona, J A Plaza, P Martínez, L Requena
• Journal: Clinical and experimental dermatology (Clin Exp Dermatol) Vol. 32 Issue 3 Pg. 272-4 (May 2007) ISSN: 0307-6938 [Print] England
• PMID: 17250755 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Aged
• Connective Tissue Diseases (etiology, pathology)
• Elastic Tissue (pathology)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous (etiology, pathology)
• Sunlight (adverse effects)