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Cutis Laxa syndrome: a case report [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015 Cutis laxa (CL) is a heterogeneous group of inherited and acquired connective tissue disorders characterized by a loose skin and variable systemic involvement (inguinal hernia, cardiopulmonary disease, and emphysema).
Mohamed Hbibi +5 more
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Metabolic cutis laxa syndromes [PDF]
Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 2011 AbstractCutis laxa is a rare skin disorder characterized by wrinkled, redundant, inelastic and sagging skin due to defective synthesis of elastic fibers and other proteins of the extracellular matrix. Wrinkled, inelastic skin occurs in many cases as an acquired condition.
Mohamed, Miski +5 more
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Acta Pediátrica Portuguesa, 2008 Introdução: Acutis laxa é uma doença rara do tecido conjuntivo provocada por alterações da elastina. Caracteriza-se por pele sem elasticidade, flácida, mole e enrugada, dando aos doentes um aspecto envelhecido; o envolvimento sistémico é variável. Existem formas hereditárias e adquiridas.
Gonçalves, M. Rosal +5 more
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A Case of Congenital Cutis Laxa (Generalized Elastolysis) [PDF]
Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2005 Cutis laxa (generalized elastolysis) is characterized by sagging folds of loose skin on the face and trunk. Although grouped with hyperelastic skin conditions such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, cutis laxa shows an almost total lack of skin elasticity ...
Paul Champion, Frank Ryan
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Generalized Acquired Cutis Laxa Associated with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Dermatological Significance [PDF]
Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, 2020 Background. Cutis laxa is a rare dermatosis that is inherited or acquired and clinically features loose, wrinkled, and redundant skin with decreased elasticity.
Sophia Z. Shalhout +3 more
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Keratoglobus with ARCL1B (EFEMP2 gene) cutis laxa [PDF]
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2019 Purpose: To report a case of keratoglobus in a patient with autosomal recessive (AR) cutis laxa. Observations: A 38 year old male presented with decreased vision in both eyes uncorrectable with spectacles and a history of corneal rupture in the left eye ...
Thomas F. Mauger +3 more
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Type II acquired cutis laxa associated with recurrent urticarial vasculitis: brief report [PDF]
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 2020 Background Cutis laxa is a connective tissue disease characterized by loose, wrinkled, and redundant skin. It is either inherited or acquired. In most cases, acquired cutis laxa is associated with neoplasms, drugs, and autoimmune diseases.
Amelia Nabatanzi +4 more
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Autosomal recessive cutis laxa type Ib—Successful redo aortic root and arch replacement [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2022 We present an adolescent girl with a highly stenotic ascending aortic conduit of her former during infancy corrected giant aneurysm. Genetic testing determined autosomal recessive cutis laxa type‐Ib as the underlying connective tissue disorder.
Christiane Pees +5 more
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Generalized acquired cutis laxa and urticarial dermatoses associated with қ-chain IgA micromolecular myeloma [PDF]
Dermatology Reports, 2021 Cutis laxa (CL) is a group of rare cutaneous disease, inherited or acquired, characterized by inelastic, redundant, wrinkled, loose skin, with loss of elasticity and features of premature aging [...].
Gaia Moretta +3 more
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Acquired localized cutis laxa: A case report and the role of plastic surgery
Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2019 Cutis laxa is an uncommon connective tissue disorder affecting the elastin fibers leading to lax and pendulous skin and in generalized form can present with systemic involvement.
Guru Prasad Reddy +2 more
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