Open AccessDermoscopy of follicular dowling–degos disease
Author(s) -
Garima Dabas,
Rahul Mahajan,
T. P. Afra,
Dipankar De,
Sanjeev Handa,
Divya Aggarwal,
Bishan Das Radotra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/ijd.ijd_260_18
Subject(s) - comedo , medicine , genodermatosis , dermatology , scars , follicular phase , pathology , biology , biochemistry , cancer , breast cancer , gene , ductal carcinoma
Dowling-Degos disease (DDD) is a late-onset genodermatosis characterized by hyperpigmented macules on the flexures along with scattered comedo-like lesions and pitted acneiform scars. Follicular Dowling-Degos is a rare type of DDD, with only two reports so far. It presents with follicular papules and comedo-like lesions predominantly on the face and trunk. Dermoscopy of follicular DDD shows irregular star-shaped/Chinese letter pattern pigmentation along with comedo-like lesions. Herein, we describe diagnostic clues including dermoscopy in three patients of follicular DDD which can help in differentiating it from other disorders presenting with comedo-like lesions.