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Yellow papules: the iceberg of systemic elastorrhexis


Asmae Elhatimi
Amal Elbakkal
Soraya Iguermia
Maryame Meziane
Ouafae Mikou
Fatima Zahra Mernissi

Abstract

Systemic elastorrhexis is a multisystem genetic disorder characterised by dystrophic mineralization of soft connective tissues in a number of organs, including the skin, the eyes and the arterial blood vessels. Although the eye and skin findings have for years attracted the attention of ophthalmologists and dermatologists, the systemic nature of the disorder has not received sufficient attention among internists and many patients with this disorder have undoubtedly been unrecognized. We reported a case of systemic elastorrhexis redressing the diagnosis of vascular leucoencephalopathy of an unknown aetiology for many years. Key words: Systemic elastorrhexis, pseudoxanthoma elasticum, Gronblad-Strandberg-Touraine.

Pan African Medical Journal 2013; 14: 106

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