Fibroelastolytic Papulosis of the Neck

ABSTRACT

Fibroelastolytic papulosis of the neck(FEPN) was introduced by Balus et al in 1997. Before this term was used, white fibrous papulosis of the neck(WFPN) and pseudoxanthoma elasticumlike papillary dermal elastolysis(PDE) had differently been used. These two disease entities had clinical similarities such as asymptomatic, white to yellow discolored, papular eruptions on the neck in elderly persons. As names implicated, however, they showed variable histological findings, for examples, fibrosis in WFPN or elastolysis in PDE or both in FEPN. Taken into ac-count together, instead of using WFPN or PDE separately, FEPN might be preferred to describe these two kinds of skin diseases. We report a case of a 36-year-old male patient with papules compatible with FEPN, whose biopsy mainly showed elastolysis.