[Acquired disseminated elastolysis of the mid-dermis].

A young woman in a good health noticed the occurrence of inelegant wrinkled plaques on her trunk and limbs. The histological aspect was particular in so far as there were no layers of elastic fibres left in the middermis. None of the classical diagnoses could be accepted. Five similar cases have been reported in the literature and make it possible to discuss a new entity among cutaneous elastolysis.