Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37134, Verona, Italy.
Department of Innovative Technology in Medicine and Dentistry, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
J Ultrasound. 2024 Dec;27(4):857-862. doi: 10.1007/s40477-024-00956-y. Epub 2024 Sep 21.
Scars and stretch marks are extremely common. For scars, evidence of alterations of the dermal and hypodermic layers is known, while for stretch marks, less data are available, and they are considered purely aesthetic conditions. The intra- and inter-subject variability of the skin makes the comparison between these two particularly complex. This study presents the case of a 54-year-old man who had both stretch marks and a surgical scar on his abdomen. We performed ultrasound and elastosonographic investigations for both to analyse the structural alteration of the skin and subcutaneous layers. Their structures were also compared to the structure of intact skin. The two skin conditions appeared substantially morphologically different and different from intact skin. The alterations detected, particularly of the connective structures, allow us to state that both scars and stretch marks are alterations of both the dermis and the hypodermis and stretch marks differ from scars.
疤痕和妊娠纹极为常见。对于疤痕,已知其真皮和皮下层发生了改变,而对于妊娠纹,相关数据较少,通常被认为是纯粹的美学问题。皮肤的个体内和个体间的可变性使得这两者之间的比较变得特别复杂。本研究介绍了一例 54 岁男性,其腹部同时有妊娠纹和手术疤痕。我们对两者都进行了超声和弹性超声检查,以分析皮肤和皮下层的结构改变。还将它们的结构与完整皮肤的结构进行了比较。这两种皮肤状况在形态上有很大的不同,与完整皮肤也不同。所检测到的改变,特别是结缔组织的改变,使我们能够确定疤痕和妊娠纹都是真皮和皮下组织的改变,而妊娠纹与疤痕不同。
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