eRAM
encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine
| Disease | elastosis perforans serpiginosa |
| Comorbidity | C0009782|connective tissue disorders |
| Sentences | 1 |
| PubMedID- 21220881 | Four types of elastosis perforans serpiginosa (eps) have been described in literature: 1) idiopathic eps, 2) reactive perforating elastosis associated with connective tissue disorders, 3) in some instances of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (pxe), disease-specific calcified elastic tissue is extruded, producing a clinical picture indistinguishable from other types, may also be seen in patients undergoing hemodialysis and 4) eps induced by long-term treatment with d-penicillamine is observed in patients suffering from wilson's disease. |
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