Idiopathic atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini: A case report and review of the literature

Abstract

Idiopathic atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini (IAPP) is a type of rarely seen dermal atrophy which little sunken from the skin, characterized with sharp edged plaque lesion. Lesions frequently placed symmetrically and not cause to subjective complaint. It is not certain whether IAPP is a different entity or it is a primary atrophic variant of morphea. Seventeen year-old male patient applied to our clinic with complainant of many slightly sunken from skin brown color spots that settle the front of body and at the middle line of back. The patient was diagnosed of IAPP according to clinical and histopathological findings. In this case of presentation, the clinical and histopathological features of the IAPP has been described and other atrophic dermatosis and their distinctive features have been excluded in the discussion. J Clin Exp Invest 2012; 3(2): 296-299

Keywords

• Morphea, atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini

Pasini ve Pierini’nin idiopatik atrofoderması: Bir olgu sunumu ve literatürün gözden geçirilmesi

Öz

Pasini ve Pierini'nin idiopatik atrofoderması (PPİA) deriden hafif çökük, keskin sınırlı plak lezyonlarla karakterize nadir görülen bir dermal atrofi tipidir. Lezyonlar sıklıkla gövdede simetrik olarak yerleşim gösterir ve subjektif yakınmaya neden olmaz. PPİA'nın farklı bir antite mi yoksa morfeanın primer atrofik bir varyantı mı olduğu net değildir. On yedi yaşında erkek hasta gövde ön yüz ve sırt orta hatta yerleşim gösteren çok sayıda deriden hafif çökük kahverengi renkte lekeler şikayeti ile başvurdu. Klinik ve histopatolojik bulgularla hastaya PPİA tanısı kondu. Bu olgu sunumunda PPİA'nın klinik ve histopatolojik özellikleri vurgulanmakta, diğer atrofik dermatozlar ile ayrıt edici özellikleri tartışılmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Morfea, Pasini ve Pierini atrofoderması

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