Elastosis perforans serpiginosa and associated disorders

• Published in: Clinical and experimental dermatology Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 521 - 524
• Main Authors: Mehta, R. K., Burrows, N. P., Payne, C. M. E. Rowland, Mendelsohn, S. S., Pope, F. M., Rytina, E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01-09-2001; Blackwell; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Collagen - analysis; Dermatology; Dermis - pathology; Down Syndrome - complications; Down Syndrome - pathology; Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - complications; Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - pathology; Facial Dermatoses - complications; Facial Dermatoses - pathology; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Microscopy, Electron; Osteogenesis Imperfecta - complications; Osteogenesis Imperfecta - pathology; Skin involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous. General aspects; Human; Dyskeratosis; Connective tissue disease; Skin disease; Elastic tissue disease; Hyperkeratosis; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Down syndrome; Genetic disease; Case study; Association; Ehlers Danlos syndrome; Systemic disease; Osteogenesis imperfecta; Keratosis follicularis serpiginosa; Osteochondrodysplasia
• ISSN: 0307-6938; 1365-2230
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2001.00882.x

We report elastosis perforans serpiginosa (EPS) arising in three patients with Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta and Down's syndrome. These cases illustrate some of the rare but well‐recognized disease associations with EPS. The other causes of EPS are reviewed.