Ichthyosis, Vulgaris - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

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Chris Ha, MD

Diagnosis

ichthyosis, vulgaris

Body Site

leg

Age

30 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

Color

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

Comments

At birth this 30 year old woman's skin was normal. At 6 months of age she began to develop coarse hyperpigmented scaling over the arms and legs with relative sparing of the flexural creases. The ichthyotic scale gradually disseminated. Her father and a sibling have similar but milder skin findings. These findings and family history are most consistent with ichthyosis vulgaris.

Description

diffuse hyperpigmented coarse scale

Image Added

9/26/2001 22:33:21

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