[Systemic cutis laxa-like pseudoxanthoma elasticum]

According to Pope the pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) can be divided into four types using clinical genetical criteria. In contrast to the classical form the recessive type II is not only characterized by a wrinkeled appearance and laxity of the skin, furthermore there are no clinical symptoms indicating visceral disease. We report two patients with cutis laxa-like skin. In addition the patients suffered from pathological changes of the eye. In one of them an alteration of the peripher vascular system could be observed.