Atrophy, primary - Altmeyers Encyclopedia

Definition
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Atrophy without concomitant disease. Patterns of primary atrophy: aged skin (senile atrophy).

Causal therapy not known. Improvement of wrinkles, e.g. with chemical peeling. S.a.a. atrophy, senile.

Dermatology

Lichen myxoedematosus (LM) is a primary euthyroid mucinosis. In the updated classification of Rongioletti e...

Dermatology

Very rare, granulomatous systemic disease that belongs to the B-cell proliferative diseases with varying ma...

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Dermatology

Rare deformity of the scalp with wrinkles and deep furrows, which remind of brain convolutions, standing in...

Dermatology

Atrophy of the skin (e.g. in an atrophic scar) is a loss of substance of the skin, combined with characteri...

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer