Late-onset focal dermal elastosis: report of a case and review of the literature

Fabrizio Fantini; Emanuele Dainese; Sebastiano Recalcati

doi:10.4081/dr.2022.9337

Late-onset focal dermal elastosis is a rare cutaneous condition classified as an increased dermal elastic tissue disorder. It is distinguished clinically by multiple papules with a preference for the neck and other flexures, as well as histologically by focally increased elastic fibers in the reticular dermis. Several elastic tissue disorders in the skin have a similar clinical presentation. The distinction between late-onset focal dermal elastosis and other pseudoxanthoma elasticum mimickers is critical because they are not associated with systemic lesions. We present a case of late-onset focal dermal elastosis and conduct a literature review on this unusual condition.

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Fantini, F., Dainese, E., & Recalcati, S. (2022). Late-onset focal dermal elastosis: report of a case and review of the literature. Dermatology Reports, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2022.9337