Papillary Dermal Elastosis

Abstract: Papillary dermal elastosis is a rare clinicopathological entity with only 1 case reported. The authors herein report a new case. A 38-year-old woman presented with a 10-month history of slowly progressive appearance of multiple, 1–2 mm, pruritic nonfollicular papules, located on the back. The study of the biopsy with the ordinary staining revealed numerous dermal papillae showing increased elastosis. The Verhoeff elastic stain demonstrated numerous foci of clumped and curled elastic fibers in the papillary dermis. The elastic component of the reticular dermis was normal. This case report confirms this entity and can contribute to a better understanding of the spectrum of the fibroelastolytic entities.

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