Angioid streaks and pseudoxanthoma elasticum

Abstract

A case of angioid streaks and pseudoxanthoma elasticum is described. The literature is briefly reviewed. A previously unquoted article by Marchesani and Wirz (1931), who describe a tear-drop-like haemorrhage characteristic of this disease, is reported. The giant cell occurring in the skin, only described previously by Bodin (1900), was also described by Marchesani and Wirz (1931).