Ichthyosis, X-linked, X-linked Ichthyosis - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

ichthyosis, X-linked X-linked ichthyosis

Body Site

total body chest abdomen arm

Age

5 weeks

Pigmentation

light

Organization

confluent

Color

skin color

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

generalized, disseminated central (centrifugal - trunk predominant)

Comments

This healthy infant had diffuse linear scaling on the trunk and adherent scale on the scalp and extremities with sparing of the face, flexural creases, and the distal extremities. His mother was unaffected but his maternal grandfather had similar lesions beginning in the newborn period.

Description

diffuse coarse noninflammatory adherent scale most prominent on the trunk

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11/13/2011 15:29:55

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