RESUMO

A 71-year-old white woman had finely wrinkled, erythematous patches of skin that met the clinical and histologic criteria for mid-dermal elastolysis. In addition to the loss of mid-dermal elastin described in previous cases, histopathologic examination revealed a superficial and deep perivascular inflammatory infiltrate of lymphocytes and plasma cells and interstitial collections of multinucleated giant cells containing phagocytized elastin. These results support a previously postulated inflammatory pathogenesis for mid-dermal elastolysis.

Assuntos

Cútis Laxa/diagnóstico , Dermatite/diagnóstico , Tecido Elástico/patologia , Eritema/diagnóstico , Dermatoses da Perna/diagnóstico , Idoso , Atrofia/etiologia , Cútis Laxa/complicações , Cútis Laxa/patologia , Dermatite/complicações , Dermatite/patologia , Eritema/complicações , Eritema/patologia , Feminino , Antebraço , Humanos , Dermatoses da Perna/complicações , Dermatoses da Perna/patologia , Pele/patologia , Coxa da Perna