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Pseudoxanthoma elasticum with cerebrovascular accident
A 65-year-old male presented with right hemiparesis and skin lesions.
On examination, the patient had multiple, discrete, skin-colored
papules on the neck and upper chest with wrinkling of the skin. The
lateral part of the trunk and medial aspect of both upper arms showed
atrophic plaques. A computerized tomography scan of the head showed
dilatation of the basilar artery with a frontoparietal infarct.
Funduscopic examination showed characteristic angioid streaks. Skin
biopsy of the papule and atrophic plaques showed epidermal atrophy,
calcium deposits in the mid-dermis and basophilic clumped and
fragmented elastic fibers in the mid- and lower dermis, all findings
consistent with pseudoxanthoma elasticum. We are reporting here a case
of pseudoxanthoma elasticum with cerebrovascular accident