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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-3-11
pubmed:abstractText
We describe the third case of congenital reticular ichthyosiform erythroderma (CRIE), a rare inherited keratinization disorder, the second with the peculiar reticulate skin pattern. The same case had been previously described and defined, for the clinical appearance, as ichthyosis 'en confettis'. An 18-year-old girl was born with the clinical features of an erythrodermic lamellar ichthyosis. Patches of normal skin enclosed by erythematous-ichthyotic skin in a reticular arrangement appeared on the trunk at the age of 10 years, and they enlarged slowly during 6 years. The treatment with etretinate, started 2 years ago, further increased this process. Another peculiar clinical feature is a remarkable hypertrichosis. At the ultrastructural level, perinuclear deposits of filamentous material in vacuolized keratinocytes of the upper epidermis, pathognomonic for CRIE, were demonstrated. This suggests that CRIE and ichthyosis 'en confettis' are the same disorder. In addition the peculiar clinical presentation of this rare genodermatosis develops only during late childhood and puberty. The identification of three sporadic cases only leaves the problem of inheritance still unsolved.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1018-8665
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
188
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
40-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
A case of congenital reticular ichthyosiform erythroderma--ichthyosis 'en confettis'.
pubmed:affiliation
1st Department of Dermatology and Pediatric Dermatology, IRCCS, Ospedale Maggiore, University of Milan, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports