CME

Continuing Medical Education

Late-Onset Focal Dermal Elastosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Higgins HJ, Whitworth MW

Cutis. 2010;85:195-197.

Late-onset focal dermal elastosis is a condition characterized by a localized increase in healthy-appearing elastic tissue in the mid and deep reticular dermis. The condition may clinically mimic pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) and linear focal elastosis. We report a case of an 87-year-old woman who presented with a markedly thickened, yellow, pruritic plaque on the posterior neck and discuss the clinical and histopathologic distinctions between late-onset focal dermal elastosis, PXE, and linear focal elastosis.

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