What is an anetoderma?
What is an anetoderma?
Anetoderma, also known as macular atrophy, is an uncommon disorder of elastic tissue that is clinically characterized by wrinkled and atrophic depressions or saccular outpouchings of the skin (picture 1A-C). The saccular outpouchings may herniate upon digital pressure.
What is anetoderma of schweninger Buzzi?
Anetoderma of Schweninger–Buzzi is manifested by the sudden appearance of large numbers of bluish-white macules, some of which are protuberant, without any preceding inflammatory eruption. Women are affected more commonly than men.
What causes anetoderma?
Causes of primary and/or secondary anetoderma include: Infections (such as leprosy, Lyme disease, HIV) Inflammatory conditions (such as systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren’s syndrome, Graves’ disease) Haematologic conditions (such as anti-phospholipid syndrome)
How is anetoderma treated?
Unfortunately, once the lesions of anetoderma have formed, there is no treatment to get rid of the lesions. If the disease involves a small area, surgical excision of the lesions may be an option.
What causes Poikiloderma?
Poikiloderma of Civatte is a chronic, non-cancerous (benign) skin condition in fair-skinned adults, which is probably caused by long-term sun exposure. Poikiloderma of Civatte shows a specific pattern of color change in the skin due to sun damage to the neck and sometimes the center of the chest.
How can Anetoderma be prevented?
Colchicine has been shown to prevent new primary anetoderma lesions from forming.
What is Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini?
Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini (APP) is a rare skin disorder affecting dermal collagen and presenting with dermal atrophy. The classic clinical manifestations of APP are hyperpigmented or hypopigmented, depressed areas of skin on the trunk or extremities (picture 1).
How can anetoderma be prevented?
What does poikiloderma mean?
Listen to pronunciation. (POY-kih-loh-DER-muh) Irregular patterns of reddish brown pigmentation of the skin associated with sun exposure, aging, or a genetic cause.
Is poikiloderma genetic?
This condition is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, which means one copy of the altered gene in each cell is sufficient to cause the disorder. In about half of cases, an affected person inherits the mutation from one affected parent .
What is en coup de Sabre?
En coup de sabre (ECDS) is a rare form of localized scleroderma that typically manifests in children and women. It presents as a fibrous pansclerotic plaque extending in a bandlike distribution on the frontoparietal scalp with surrounding scarring alopecia.