Anetoderma

Anetoderma
Synonyms	Macular atrophy
Pronounce	N/A
Specialty	N/A
Symptoms	Skin lesions, atrophy
Complications	None typically
Onset	Usually in adolescence or early adulthood
Duration	Chronic
Types	N/A
Causes	Unknown, possibly autoimmune or genetic factors
Risks	Family history, autoimmune disease
Diagnosis	Clinical diagnosis, skin biopsy
Differential diagnosis	Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, mid-dermal elastolysis, cutaneous mastocytosis
Prevention	N/A
Treatment	No definitive treatment, options include topical and systemic therapies
Medication	N/A
Prognosis	Benign, cosmetic concern
Frequency	Rare
Deaths	N/A

Anetoderma is a localized skin condition with its characteristic button hole type leisons.

Cause

It is due to abnormal laxity of the skin with herniation or outpouching resulting from abnormal dermal elastic tissue.

Types

• Primary anetoderma
  • Jadassohn‚ÄìPellizzari anetoderma
  • Schweninger‚ÄìBuzzi anetoderma
• Secondary anetoderma
• Familial anetoderma

Secondary anetoderma

Any of the following conditions can cause secondary anetoderma

• Infections such as chickenpox, syphilis
• Tumours such as pilomatrixoma, plasmacytoma, schwannoma, cutaneous B-cell lymphoma
• Infantile haemangioma
• Inflammatory skin conditions such as acne, granuloma annulare, lupus profundus