ICHTHYOSIS-HYSTRIX AND SKIN-CANCER

Authors
JUDGE MR MCGIBBON DH
Citation
Mr. Judge et Dh. Mcgibbon, ICHTHYOSIS-HYSTRIX AND SKIN-CANCER, Clinical and experimental dermatology, 19(3), 1994, pp. 240-242
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Clinical and experimental dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03076938
Volume
19
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
240 - 242
Database
ISI
SICI code
0307-6938(1994)19:3<240:IAS>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Ichthyosis hystrix is a rare genodermatosis characterized by persisten t spiny scales which cover a significant part of the skin surface. In many cases it is associated with palmoplantar keratoderma, and occasio nally deafness and neurological defects coexist. The case of a man wit h ichthyosis hystrix is reported who developed skin malignancy and dys plastic keratoses, a complication which has not previously been record ed.