Darier Disease, Keratosis Follicularis - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

Darier disease keratosis follicularis

Body Site

chest neck

Age

24 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

discrete confluent

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric sun exposed areas

Comments

This healthy 24-year-old woman complained of ian ntermittently itchy eruption on her chest and back which developed during early adolescence. One of her brothers, mother, and several maternal aunts and uncles had a similar eruption.

Description

symmetric discrete and confluent red scaly papules some with central crust in seborrheic distribution

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3/4/2007 17:47:20

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