Diagnosis of Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum by Scar Biopsy in Patients without Characteristic Skin Lesions
- 6 August 1987
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 317 (6), 347-350
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198708063170604
Abstract
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum is a disorder of connective tissue that is associated with numerous systemic complications, including accelerated atherosclerosis, gastrointestinal bleeding, angioid streaks in the ocular fundus, and blindness. Diagnosis of the disease is important because many of its complications can be prevented and genetic counseling can be offered to family members of affected patients.Keywords
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