PPT-Cutis

Laxa Cutis Laxa Latin loose skin The most obvious clinical feature is loose wrinkled sagging skin which has reduced or absent elastic recoil Different subtypes of the condition are associated . A64260eck MB ChB Jane C Ravenscroft MB ChB Hons and Iain H Leach MD Departments of Dermatology and Histopathology Queens Medical Centre Nottingham United Kingdom Abstract We present a 6yearold girl with an 8month history Examination revealed a firm swelling of 34 cms over the proximal ventral aspect of left forearm and linear swellings over the medial aspect of left upper arm Fig 1 Systemic examination and routine blood workup was normal Ultrasound and ray of the 1 Cutis laxa Description Cutis laxa is a disorder of connective tissue, which is the tissue that forms the body's supportive framework. Connective tissue provides structure and strength to the muscle 114Acquired Cutis Laxa Associated WithAnjeli Gupta BS Thomas N Helm MDMs Gupta is a medical student at the State University of New York atBuffalo School of Medicine Dr Helm is Clinical Associate Profe Elastosis perforans serpiginosa EPS is a rarecomplication of D-penicillamine therapy EPS hasbeen reported in patients with Wilson diseasecystinuria and rheumatoid arthritis after manyyears of high-dos Cutis laxais a rare skin disorder characterized by wrinkled redundant inelastic and sagging skin due to defective synthesis of elastic fibers and other proteins of the extracellular matrix Wrinkled in Plastic Surgeon, Ali-ebn-abitaleb Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Tel: +98 541 3424392, Fax: +98 541 3424391, E-mail: dahmardehei@zaums.ac.ir etiology is available. T Calcinosis cutis is usually seen in long standing and untreated cases of 926V 51 15, 2014EPORTS). Antinuclear antibody (ANA) waspositive: speckled 1 and ANA profile (ELISA) revealedstrongly positive f 3 ]. Also the change is a companionin some rare cases of hypostatic dermatitisand varicose veins. The neoplasms, heart fai-lure, trauma, obesity and hypothyroidism [ 4 are also some of the causes. The 107 Huzaifa N Tak, Prema Saldanha, Pushpalatha Pai Department of Pathology, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka. Abstract Background: Calcinosis cutis is a very rare condition where in cal ISSN: 2640 - 2343 Cutis Verticis Gyrata (CVG) - Radiological Correlation Clin Radiol Imaging J Cutis Verticis Gyrata (CVG) - Radiological Correlation Dinesh KC 1 * and Meenakshi 2 1 Consultant Radiolo the inherited forms of the disease have an incidence of approximately 1 to 2: 400,000 [e ADCL is caused by mutations in structural genes coding for elastin (ELNFBLN5) and Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 18 Fa 1 FBLN5 gene fibulin 5 Normal Function The FBLN5 gene provides instructions for making a protein called fibulin-5. This protein is part of a group of proteins called fibulins. Fibulins have a varie To the Editor:We report an interesting clinical case of dermatomyositis (DM) that presented with an associated malignancy (small cell lung cancer). This patient also had an unusual clinical finding of