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A CLINICIAN’S GUIDE TO DERMATOLOGIC DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS, VOLUME 1
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CUTIS LAXA-LIKE APPEARANCE
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES AND DISEASES OF
IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION
Complement deficiency 
Lancet ii:858, 1983
Cutis laxa with hypocomplementemia and nephrotic syndrome
AD 123:1211–1216, 1987
Dermatitis herpetiformis 
Bolognia p.1477, 2003
Lupus erythematosus
– systemic LE JAAD 8:869, 1983; lupus
panniculitis (lupus profundus) – thighs, buttocks, arms, breasts,
face 
Rook p.2451, 1998, Sixth Edition; Ann DV 117:841–844,
1990
Rheumatoid arthritis – acral cutis laxa 
JAAD 46:128–130, 2002
Urticaria – acquired cutis laxa 
JAAD 46:128–130, 2002
CONGENITAL LESIONS
Congenital cutis laxa 
AD 92:373, 1965
DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS
Aging
DRUG-INDUCED
Hypersensitivity reaction 
AD 123:1211–1216, 1987
Isoniazid (INH) – acquired cutis laxa 
JAAD 46:128–130, 2002
Minocycline-induced generalized post-inflammatory elastolysis
Am J Med 109:340–341, 2000
Penicillamine 
Cutis 76:49–53, 2005; BJD 142:560–561, 2000;
Isr J Med Sci 30:667–669, 1994; Lancet ii:858, 1983
Penicillin allergy – acquired cutis laxa 
JAAD 46:128–130, 2002;
Am J Dermatopathol 5:267–276, 1993
EXOGENOUS AGENTS
Leeches applied to skin – anetoderma 
Int J Derm 35:
226–227, 1996
Saltpeter-induced atrophy
INFECTIONS
Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans – Lyme borreliosis
Onchocerciasis – ‘hanging groin’ due to destruction of elastic
fibers 
Cutis 65:293–297, 2000
Syphilis – localized cutis laxa 
JAAD 46:128–130, 2002
INFILTRATIVE DISEASES
Amyloidosis – elastolytic lesions of myeloma-associated
amyloidosis 
AD 126:657–660, 1990; Clin Exp Dermatol
11:87–91, 1986; ptosis and dermatochalasis in primary
systemic amyloidosis 
Ophthalmic Surg 18:495–497, 1987;
hemodialysis-associated beta-2 microglobulin amyloidosis
BJD 152:250–257, 2005