Mid-dermal elastolysis

A rare, acquired, dermis elastic tissue disease characterized by asymptomatic, well-demarcated, symmetric patches and/or plaques of finely wrinkled skin arranged parallel to skin cleavage lines (type I), associated with perifollicular papular protrusions (type II) or with persistent reticular erythema (type III), occurring predominantly on the shoulders, trunk, back, and proximal extremities, associating, on histopathology, a selective loss of elastic tissue in the midreticular dermis. Erythema and/or urticaria may or may not precede wrinkly lesions.

Papule

A circumscribed, solid elevation of skin with no visible fluid, varying in size from a pinhead to less than 10mm in diameter at the widest point.


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PMID (PMCID)
19363907
MALE Middle Aged
Mid-dermal elastolysis in a patient undergoing chronic hemodialysis.
Eaton PA, Knable AL, Callen JP.
Cutis. 2009;83(3):141-4.
Mid-dermal elastolysis (MDE) is a rare acquired disorder of unknown etiology that typically presents as discrete patches of wrinkling over the trunk and arms or as perifollicular papules in the same distribution.
12729097
FEMALE Adult
Mid-dermal elastolysis.
Streams BN, Williams JM, Moschella SM.
Cutis. 2003;71(4):312-4.
Mid-dermal elastolysis (MDE), which presents as fine wrinkling of the skin or perifollicular papules, is extremely rare.