학술논문
Cutaneous lymphangiectasia associated with photoageing and topical corticosteroid application.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*SKIN disease diagnosis
*FOREARM
*CUTANEOUS manifestations of general diseases
*SKIN biopsy
*DERMIS
*DISEASES
*LYMPHANGIECTASIA
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ISSN
0307-6938
Abstract
We report the case of a 69-year-old man with a history of multiple erythematous bullae on both forearms, which had been present for about 1 month. The lesions appeared after several years of topical corticosteroid application and photoageing. A biopsy revealed lymphangiectasia with solar elastosis and increase in the ratio of elastic to collagen fibres in the dermis. We suggest that this patient’s lymphangiectasia resulted from abnormal structure and function of the dermis due to photoageing and steroid-related atrophy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]