Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans: clinical and microbiological characteristics of a cohort of 693 Slovenian patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Information on large groups of patients with acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA) is limited.

Methods

We assessed clinical and microbiological characteristics of patients with ACA diagnosed at a single medical centre and compared findings in periods 1991-2004 vs. 2005-2018. The cohort is representative of Slovenian ACA patients.

Results

We assessed 693 patients: 461 females and 232 males, with median age of 64 years. Median duration of ACA before diagnosis was 12 months. In all but 2 patients, the skin lesions were located on extremities, more often on the lower (70.0%) than the upper (45.2%), bilaterally in 42.4%. Reddish-blue discoloration, swelling, thinning and wrinkling of skin were present in 95.2%, 28.1%, 46.4% and 20.5% of patients, respectivel

SUBMITTER: Ogrinc K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9292144 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature