perforating disorder

perforating disorder

Any of several rare conditions associated with diabetes mellitus and/or chronic kidney disease in which dermal components, such as collagen or elastin, protrude through the epidermis. The perforating disorders include elastosis perforans serpiginosa, Kyrle disease, perforating folliculitis, and reactive perforating collagenosis, but some experts believe that all of these conditions reflect the same disease.