:Perforating calcific elastosis

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| synonym = Localized acquired cutaneous pseudoxanthoma elasticum, Perforating periumbilical calcific elastosis,{{cite book |author=Rapini, Ronald P. |author2=Bolognia, Jean L. |author3=Jorizzo, Joseph L. |title=Dermatology: 2-Volume Set |publisher=Mosby |location=St. Louis |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-4160-2999-1 }} and Periumbilical perforating pseudoxanthoma elasticum

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| caption = Histopathology of perforating calcific elastosis: Clumping of short elastic fibers in the dermis.{{cite journal|last1=Hosen|first1=Mohammad J.|last2=Lamoen|first2=Anouck|last3=De Paepe|first3=Anne|last4=Vanakker|first4=Olivier M.|title=Histopathology of Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum and Related Disorders: Histological Hallmarks and Diagnostic Clues|journal=Scientifica|volume=2012|year=2012|pages=1–15|issn=2090-908X|doi=10.6064/2012/598262|pmid=24278718 |pmc=3820553 |doi-access=free}}
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Perforating calcific elastosis is an acquired, localized cutaneous disorder, most frequently found in obese, multiparous, middle-aged women, characterized by lax, well-circumscribed, reticulated or cobble-stoned plaques occurring in the periumbilical region with keratotic surface papules.James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. Page 512. {{ISBN|0-7216-2921-0}}.

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Category:Abnormalities of dermal fibrous and elastic tissue

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