China Journal of Leprosy and Skin Diseases ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (11): 721-733.doi: 10.12144/zgmfskin202111721

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Perifollicular elastolysis: a case report

SUN Feifei, LU Xianmei, WANG Guangjin   

  1. Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases & Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Veneorology, Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250022, China
  • Online:2021-11-15 Published:2021-09-15
  • Contact: WANG Guangjin, E-mail: wgj68@163.com

Abstract: A 29-year-old man presented with a seven-year history of white pimples on the chest, back and upper limbs. Histopathologic examination showed normal epidermis and a few monocytes infiltrated around the superficial dermis vessels. Elastic fiber staining found elastic fiber disappeared around follicle. Diagnosis of perifollicular elastolysis was made based on pathologic findings.

Key words: white pimples, perifollicular elastolysis