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Arch Dermatol. 2005;141:263-268.

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Diagnosis: Linear focal elastosis.

MICROSCOPIC FINDINGS

Histologic examination of the biopsy specimen revealed a perivascular chronic inflammatory infiltrate in the superficial dermis. The dermis was edematous, and the collagen bands in the middle dermis appeared separated (Figure 2). Elastic van Gieson staining revealed fragmented, long and short, haphazardly arranged elastic fibers in the middle and lower dermis. There was a mixture of thick and thin and clumped elastic fibers (Figure 3).

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DISCUSSION

Linear focal elastosis was first described by Burket et al¹ in 1989 in 3 elderly white men. Initial reports stated that the condition developed in men older than 60 years, but it was later found to occur in both young men and young women of diverse ethnic backgrounds.^1-5 Moiin and Hashimoto² reported a case in a 29-year-old black man whose father had a similar lesion, suggesting a possible familial tendency. All cases have occurred as incidental findings, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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