What is it about?
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a mendelian autosomal recessive disorder characterized pathologically by elastic fibre mineralisation and clinically by angioid streaks, yellow skin papules and cardiovascular involvement. A case of PXE which manifested with cutaneous features along with nephrocalcinosis was diagnosed recently in Medicine department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital which is a rarity of its own.
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Why is it important?
A rare disease to be reported
Perspectives
This article lead to rare disease group and ultimately to a greater involvement in rare disease research.
Dr Mohammad RA Amin
Dhaka Medical College
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This page is a summary of: A Young Lady with Hedache and Skin Laxity- A Case Report, Journal of Medicine, October 2014, Bangladesh Journals Online (BanglaJOL),
DOI: 10.3329/jom.v15i2.20701.
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