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Reticular erythema with focal mid‐dermal elastophagocytosis (REMDE)

Reticular erythema with focal mid‐dermal elastophagocytosis (REMDE) Summary A 57‐year‐old man presented with a persistent arcuate partly reticular erythema of the upper chest. Histopathological examination revealed an upper and mid‐dermal perivascular and interstitial dermatitis with macrophages which had engulfed elastic fibers. Additionally a focal dermal elastolysis was observed. The characteristic clinicopathological constellation has hitherto been reported in only 3 cases, including our case. Presumably, the disease belongs to a spectrum of clinical manifestation of mid‐dermal elastolysis. It is suggested to gather future cases under the provisional diagnosis ‘‘reticular erythema with focal mid‐dermal elastophagocytosis” (REMDE) to gain more insights into this rare disease. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal Der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft Wiley

Reticular erythema with focal mid‐dermal elastophagocytosis (REMDE)

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
©The Authors • Journal compilation © Blackwell Verlag GmbH, Berlin
ISSN
1610-0379
eISSN
1610-0387
DOI
10.1111/j.1610-0387.2008.06663.x
pmid
18397313
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Abstract

Summary A 57‐year‐old man presented with a persistent arcuate partly reticular erythema of the upper chest. Histopathological examination revealed an upper and mid‐dermal perivascular and interstitial dermatitis with macrophages which had engulfed elastic fibers. Additionally a focal dermal elastolysis was observed. The characteristic clinicopathological constellation has hitherto been reported in only 3 cases, including our case. Presumably, the disease belongs to a spectrum of clinical manifestation of mid‐dermal elastolysis. It is suggested to gather future cases under the provisional diagnosis ‘‘reticular erythema with focal mid‐dermal elastophagocytosis” (REMDE) to gain more insights into this rare disease.

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Journal Der Deutschen Dermatologischen GesellschaftWiley

Published: Oct 1, 2008

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