A Case of Facial Papular Elastorrhexis

Xiaojing Yang; Xuan Lei; Jianzhong Zhang; Zhou Chen

doi:10.2147/CCID.S374613

A Case of Facial Papular Elastorrhexis

Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol. 2022 Jul 20:15:1387-1389. doi: 10.2147/CCID.S374613. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Xiaojing Yang¹, Xuan Lei², Jianzhong Zhang¹, Zhou Chen¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
² Department of Emergency, Beijing Chest Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Abstract

Papular elastorrhexis (PE) is a rare disorder of dermal elastic fibers, which presents as firm, hypopigmented papules, commonly distributed on the trunk and extremities. The facial area is rarely involved. We report the case of a 47-year-old woman with multiple asymptomatic, soft, skin-colored facial papules whose histopathological features are compatible with PE. Facial PE may be a variant of PE, and special staining in showing changes in both elastic and collagen fibers may be of great value in diagnosis.

Keywords: case report; collagen fibers; elastic fibers; facial area; papular elastorrhexis.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

This study was supported by the Foundation of “In vivo study on the safety and protective effect of ferulic acid derivatives and vitamin C derivatives on skin injury” (P311, 2119000011, 800311).