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ichthyosis; erythrokeratodermia variabilis
Classification:
- ichthyosis vulgaris
- congenital ichthyosis
- acquired ichthyosis
Etiology:
- acquired ichthyosis:
1) generally associated with Hodgkin's disease
2) other malignancies
a) lymphoma
b) multiple myeloma
c) carcinomas
Specific
congenital ichthyosis
epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma, BIE, bullous erythroderma ichthyosiformis congenita of Brocq)
ichthyosis annular epidermolytic (cyclic ichthyosis with epidermolytic hyperkeratosis)
ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens
ichthyosis follicularis-atrichia-photophobia syndrome
ichthyosis harlequin (harlequin fetus)
ichthyosis hystrix Curth-Macklin type
ichthyosis vulgaris (ichthyosis simplex)
X-linked ichthyosis
General
genetic disease of the skin (genodermatosis)
keratosis
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 26th ed. Williams & Wilkins
- Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed)
Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 171