Ichthyosis, Vulgaris, Ichthyosis - DermAtlas

Contributor

Arshad Khan, MD

Diagnosis

ichthyosis, vulgaris ichthyosis

Body Site

total body

Age

5 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

confluent

Color

brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric generalized, disseminated

Comments

This 5-year-old boy had a history of dry, itchy, scaly skin since infancy which worsened in winter. Initially the whole body was involved including face but 2 years ago his face cleared except for a few scales on his forehead. He had sparing of the flexural creases and hyeprlinearity of the palms and soles typical of ichthyosis vulgaris. The family history was positive for ichthyosis and atopy.

Description

symmetric coarse noninflammatory brown scale with sparing of the face, neck, and arm flexures

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5/10/2008 15:45:41

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