Korean J Dermatol.
1998 Apr;36(2):317-320.
A Case of Anetoderma Overlying Pilomatricoma
Abstract
- Anetoderma is loose and wrinkled skin lesions that show the characteristic histopathological feature of focal loss of elastic fibers in the dermis. The primary type of anetoderma arises in clinically normal skin and the secondary type replaces the lesions of associated disorders including various infections, infiammatory diseases and tumors. However, anetoderma due to pilomatricoma is very rare. Our patient, a 21-year-old female, presented with a soft and wrinkled skin overlying a firm, pedunculated tumor on her left upper arm. The histopathological examination showed anetodermic cutaneous changes which were associated with the underlying pilomatricoma.
