Pseudoxanthoma elasticum presenting with myocardial infarction.
Department of Medicine, Battle Hospital, Reading.
A 31 year old man presented with an anterior myocardial infarction. He had a history of recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding of obscure cause since childhood and peripheral vascular disease. A clinical diagnosis of the type 1 dominant form of pseudoxanthoma elasticum was supported by histological data from skin biopsy.
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