[Elastosis perforans serpiginosa in Down syndrome].

Abstract

Elastosis perforans serpiginosa can arise as a rare complication in patients with Down syndrome. It is one of the primary perforating disorders characterized by transepithelial elimination of abnormal elastic fibers. This may reflect an immunological reaction aquist elastic fibers. We describe a 40-year-old woman with Down's syndrome whose skin lesions were histologically mistaken for lupus vulgaris for a long time.

• Authors: A Wilms, R Dummer
• Journal: Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete (Hautarzt) Vol. 48 Issue 12 Pg. 923-5 (Dec 1997) ISSN: 0017-8470 [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Elastosis perforans serpiginosa bei Down-Syndrom.
• PMID: 9486366 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Down Syndrome (complications)
• Elastic Tissue (pathology)
• Female
• Humans
• Skin (pathology)
• Skin Diseases (etiology, immunology, pathology)