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- Title
Hyalinosis cutis et mucosae manifests in different features in two sisters.
- Authors
Stephan, Farid; Moutran, Roy; Maatouk, Ismail; Sleilaty, Fady; Abadjian, Gerard; Haddad, Amine
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 21-year-old woman with scarring lesions on the face and body. It informs that scare on the body of the patient were atrophic, varioloid and acneiform, which started appearing when she was five months old. It also mentions that periodic acid-schiff (PAS) stain revealed deposition of hyaline material and verhoeff stain revealed degeneration of elastic fibers, which means the patient was suffering from lipoid proteinosis.
- Subjects
SCARS; SMALLPOX; LIPOID proteinosis; ACNEIFORM eruptions; HYALINE membrane disease
- Publication
International Journal of Dermatology, 2013, Vol 52, Issue 7, p843
- ISSN
0011-9059
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05266.x