Ichthyosis, Vulgaris, Ichthyosis - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

ichthyosis, vulgaris ichthyosis

Body Site

hand palm

Age

14 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

skin color

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This adolescent had a long history of diffuse noninflammatory scale on the arms and legs particularly the shins. She also had hyperlinearity of the palms and soles and keratosis pilaris on the upper arms, thighs, and cheeks. Her mother and sibling had similar lesions.

Description

hyperlinearity of palms

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2/23/2003 18:52:47

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