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Follicular ichthyosis
Author(s) -
HAZELL M.,
MARKS R.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1984.tb04023.x
Subject(s) - ichthyosis , hyperkeratosis , dyskeratosis , dermatology , keratosis , follicular phase , epidermis (zoology) , medicine , congenital ichthyosis , pathology , anatomy , endocrinology
SUMMARY We describe four patients with congenital follicular hyperkeratosis, of whom three also had pseudoacanthosis nigricans and two had facial abnormalities. Skin specimens were studied by light microscopy, autoradiography, histochemistry and scanning electron microscopy, and the results were compared with those from patients with keratosis pilaris. The condition appears to constitute a distinctive form of ichthyosis in which the abnormal epidermal differentiation occurs mainly within the hair follicles.