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PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM
Author(s) -
Connell J. L.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1962.tb06321.x
Subject(s) - pseudoxanthoma elasticum , medicine , pathological , disease , dermatology , pathology
Summary Attention is drawn to a rare but important cause of massive gastro‐intestinal haemorrhage. The essential pathological change of pseudoxanthoma is a fragmentation of elastic tissue, which often involves blood vessel walls. Two cases of repeated massive haemorrhage due to this disease are reported.