A Case of Linear Focal Elastosis / 대한피부과학회지

ABSTRACT

Linear focal elastosis was first described by Burket et al. in 1989 in three elderly men with palpable striae-like yellow bands on their backs. Microscopic examination revealed many fine wavy bundles of elastic fibers separating the collagen in the mid to reticular dermis. The patients' ages range a from 17 to 87 years but this disease seems to be more common in younger age; men are more commonly affected. The cause of this disease has been suggested to be hereditary predisposition, unusual form of striae distensae or keloidal repair of striae distensae. We report linear focal elatosis with typical clinical and pathological features in a 15-year-old boy.