KID syndrome associated with features of ichthyosis hystrix.

Abstract

Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness (KID) syndrome is a congenital ectodermal disorder causing erythrokeratoderma, vascularizing keratitis, and neurosensory deafness. Ichthyosis hystrix is a rare cutaneous disease characterized by well-demarcated, spiky, verrucous, linear plaques that is believed to be a clinical and pathologic chimera of two autosomal dominant diseases: epidermal nevus and epidermolytic hyperkeratosis. We present a patient with the classic triad of KID syndrome with clinical and histologic features of ichthyosis hystrix. This case demonstrates that KID syndrome comprises a spectrum of ectodermal disorders which may include diseases such as hystrix ichthyosis and deafness (HID) syndrome.

• Authors: H C Nousari, A Kimyai-Asadi, J L Pinto
• Journal: Pediatric dermatology (Pediatr Dermatol) Vol. 17 Issue 2 Pg. 115-7 ( 2000) ISSN: 0736-8046 [Print] United States
• PMID: 10792799 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Argentina
• Biopsy, Needle
• Child
• Deafness
• Humans
• Ichthyosis Vulgaris (diagnosis, pathology)
• Keratitis (diagnosis)
• Male
• Prognosis
• Syndrome