Premium
Steroid sulphatase deficiency in patients initially diagnosed as ichthyosis vulgaris or recessive X‐linked ichthyosis
Author(s) -
YOSHIIKE T.,
MATSUI T.,
OGAWA H.
Publication year - 1985
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.1365-2133.1985.tb02316.x
Subject(s) - ichthyosis , ichthyosis vulgaris , steroid sulfatase , congenital ichthyosis , medicine , dermatology , lamellar ichthyosis , endocrinology , steroid , atopic dermatitis , filaggrin , hormone
SUMMARY Twenty‐one patients with ichthyosis were classified as either ichthyosis vulgaris (IV) (five cases) or recessive X‐linked ichthyosis (RXLI) (sixteen cases) by using a steroid sulphatase assay of plantar callus and peripheral leukocytes. The patients had presented with various clinical manifestations, which had resulted in some initial misdiagnoses. Cases which initially resemble IV may in fact be RXLI, although we found that if a case is initially diagnosed as RXLI it is unlikely to be a case of IV.