Anetoderma: Is It a Sign of Autoimmunity?

Abstract

Anetoderma is a rare elastolytic disorder characterized by circumscribed areas of flaccid skin due to the loss of elastic tissue in the dermis. Primary anetoderma is frequently observed in patients with autoimmune diseases or abnormalities especially with antiphospholipid antibodies with or without antiphospholipid syndrome. In this case report we discuss a patient with primary anetoderma with positive antithyroid peroxidase antibodies, which is consistent with autoimmune thyroiditis.

Keywords

• Anetoderma
• Thyroid
• Autoimmune thyroiditis
• Grave’s disease
• Primary hypothyroidism