%0 Journal Article %T Caso para diagn¨®stico %A Freitas %A Maria Luiza Pires de %A Sanches Junior %A Jos¨¦ Ant£¿nio %A Salles %A Paulo Guilherme de Oliveira %J Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia %D 2006 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia %R 10.1590/S0365-05962006000600015 %X a case of mid-dermal elastolysis is reported in a 37-year-old female patient, who presented skin areas with fine wrinkles, mainly in fold areas and also perifollicular papules similar to peau d'orange in the paravertebral area, lending her a prematurely elderly appearance. histological examination revealed fragmentation and rarefaction of elastic fibers, restricted to the mid-dermis portion. %K dermis %K elastic tissue %K skin aging. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0365-05962006000600015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en