BACKGROUND Shrinkage of cutaneous tissue during processing is a source of controversy. This study was designed to prospectively determine tissue shrinkage at two intervals: 1 min after excision and after 24 to 48 h of formalin fixation. Secondarily, gender, age, site, prior biopsy scar and solar elastosis were evaluated with respect to shrinkage. METHODS Ninety-seven cutaneous specimens were ...

Congenital mitral incompetence has been only rarely reported as an isolated lesion (Miller, Brown, and Swan, 1964), but may occur as a result of endocardial fibro-elastosis, which is also commonly associated with other anatomical abnormalities, of which coarctation of the aorta is one. The association of congenital mitral incompetence and coarctation of the abdominal aorta has not been reported...

To cite: Menzies S, Kirby B. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2015-212482 DESCRIPTION A 42-year-old woman presented with a 5-year history of multiple enlarging skin lesions. Her medical history was significant for Wilson’s disease, for which she had taken penicillamine for approximately 20 years. She had multiple small erythaematous keratotic papul...

Andersen, D. H., and Kelly, J. (1956). Endocardial fibro-elastosis: I. endocardial fibro-elastosis associated with congenital malformations of the heart. Pediatrics, 18, 513, Dordick, J. R. (1951). Diffuse endocardial fibrosis and cardiac hypertrophy in infancy: report of two cases in consecutive siblings. American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 21, 743. Forfar, J. O., Miller, R. A., Bain, A. D...

Andersen, D. H., and Kelly, J. (1956). Endocardial fibro-elastosis: I. endocardial fibro-elastosis associated with congenital malformations of the heart. Pediatrics, 18, 513, Dordick, J. R. (1951). Diffuse endocardial fibrosis and cardiac hypertrophy in infancy: report of two cases in consecutive siblings. American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 21, 743. Forfar, J. O., Miller, R. A., Bain, A. D...

PXE: pseudoxanthoma elasticum INTRODUCTION Linear focal elastosis (also known as elastotic striae) is a rare, acquired disorder of increased elastic tissue in the skin. Initially believed to be limited to elderly white men, this condition has since been reported in women, children, and patients from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. The possibility of inherited susceptibility has been suggested ...