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Cutis laxa is rare and hetrogenous group of disorders related to abnormalities in elastic tissue. It may be autosomal recessive, autosomal dominant, X linked or acquired. Acquired cutis laxa has developed after a febrile illness, inflammatory skin disease such a lupus eryhymatosis or erythema multiform, amyloidosis, hypersensitivity reaction to penicillin and in infants born from women who were taking penicillamine. Patients with cutis laxa have facial features,.pulmonary emphysema, cor-pulmonale, and right-sided heart failure.We present a case with cutis laxa undescended testis , and mild  pulmonary stenosis.