Striaelike epidermal distension : an unusual cutaneous manifestation in acute leg edema

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  • ISHIGURO Naoko
    <i>Department of Dermatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University</i>

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  • 急性の浮腫による下腿の特異な皮膚症状－striaelike epidermal distension－

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We report four patients with novel cutaneous manifestations (striaelike epidermal distension) that arose after acute edema of the lower extremities, based on low nutrition in two cases associated with anorexia nervosa and in two other cases with an end stage of internal malignancy. The clinical features included xerosis, edema and numerous linear, reddish or brownish, partially elevated lesions, 2 to 3 mm in width, with blisters and ulcers in one case. Histopathology of the lesions revealed epidermal degeneration and/or necrosis, and swelling and/or degeneration of endothelial cells in the upper dermis, which differed from striae distensae and eczema, although the clinical findings of these patients seemed similar. As the edema decreased, almost all of the lesions formed thin crusts and finally resolved, leaving only residual pigmentation without scarring or atrophy. This symptom must be a cutaneous manifestation which needs to be recognized, although it is not described well in the Dermatology literature.[Skin Cancer (Japan) 2011 ; 26 : 289-293]

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  • Skin Cancer

    Skin Cancer 26 (3), 289-293, 2011

    The Japanese Skin Cancer Society

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  • CRID
    1390001204335969792
  • NII Article ID
    130002149381
  • DOI
    10.5227/skincancer.26.289
  • ISSN
    18843549
    09153535
  • Text Lang
    ja
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