Pseudoxanthoma elasticum as a diagnostic challenge for pathologists: A rare case report

• PXE is an extremely rare autosomal recessive disease. • It involves major systems in the body like the cutaneous, ocular, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal. • The characteristic histopathological features are calcification and fragmentation of the elastic fibres. • Currently, specific or effect...

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Autores principales: Bhutani, Namita, Kamlesh, Nadesan, Akhil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9006764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35432986
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103571
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Sumario:• PXE is an extremely rare autosomal recessive disease. • It involves major systems in the body like the cutaneous, ocular, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal. • The characteristic histopathological features are calcification and fragmentation of the elastic fibres. • Currently, specific or effective treatment is not available.

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