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- Title
Profound digital collagen atrophy: a new cutaneous presentation of adrenal-dependent Cushing's syndrome.
- Authors
Groves, R. W.; MacDonald, L. M.; MacDonald, D. M.
- Abstract
A 59-year-old Caucasian housewife presented with a 2-year history of marked loss of tissue substance from the finger and toe pulps and the heel pads. There was no clinical evidence or history of urticaria or other inflammatory change. Investigations demonstrated a raised plasma cortisol secondary to a left adrenal adenoma. Skin biopsies showed abnormalities of dermal collagen, but no evidence of elastin destruction. This case presents an unusual variant of the cutaneous atrophy associated with Cushing's syndrome.
- Subjects
CUSHING'S syndrome; ENDOCRINE diseases; COLLAGEN; TISSUES; HYDROCORTISONE; SKIN inflammation
- Publication
British Journal of Dermatology, 1990, Vol 123, Issue 5, p667
- ISSN
0007-0963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2133.1990.tb01486.x