Definition & Meaning | English word POIKILODERMA

Definitions of POIKILODERMA

1. (pathology) An atrophy of the skin that is accompanied by a mottled pigmentation

Examples of Using POIKILODERMA in a Sentence

• Poikiloderma vasculare atrophicans, or PVA, indicates that extra or altered skin pigmentation ("poikiloderma") is occurring, associated with heightened visibity of capillaries ("vasculare", referring to telangiectasia) under the skin, related to thinning and wasting away ("atrophicans") of the skin and its tissue.
• Skin symptoms, which occur in >75% of patients, include erythroderma, pruritus, eczema, poikiloderma, urticarial, and episodic angioedema.
• Hereditary fibrosing poikiloderma with tendon contractures, myopathy and pulmonary fibrosis is a rare genetic syndrome characterised by poikiloderma, tendon contractures and progressive pulmonary fibrosis.

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