Ichthyosis, Lamellar - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

ichthyosis, lamellar

Body Site

scalp neck

Age

4 weeks

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric generalized, disseminated

Comments

At birth this vigorous healthy infant was encased in a collodion membrane. Much of the membrane had peeled away revealing coarse adherent non-inflammatory light brown scale. Family history was positive for a cousin with a similar collodion membrane which desquamated leaving normal skin.

Description

diffuse coarse light brown scales

Image Added

3/21/2002 23:14:43

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