Kosmetische Medizin 2-2011: 74-75

Localized acquired pseudoxanthoma elasticum after treatment with cream
containing Striadril complex

MARIA BALABANOVA1, RAZVIGOR DARLENSKI2, NIKOLAI TSANKOV3

1 M.D., PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical Faculty, Medical University – Sofia, Bulgaria
2 M.D., PhD Student in the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical Faculty, Medical University – Sofia, Bulgaria
3 M.D., PhD, Professor in Dermatology and Venereology, Tokuda Hospital – Sofia, Bulgaria

KEY WORDS: pseudoxanthoma elasticum, cosmetic, anti-wrinkle ointment, local irritation, Strivectin-SD

SUMMARY:
Localized acquired pseudoxanthoma elasticum is a rare disorder which has similar clinical and histopathology characteristics to the inherited form of the disease except the lack of vascular and ocular involvement. Herein a clinical case of a localized acquired cutaneous pseudoxanthoma elasticum after treatment with Striadril complex-containing anti-wrinkle cream is described. The possible causative relationship between the application of the cosmeceutical and the coincidental disease development is discussed.

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