Abstract | BACKGROUND: Ichthyosis are a group of inherited keratinizing disorders. The cutaneous abnormalities may be isolated or associated with extra-cutaneous symptoms. AIM: To report the epidemiological and clinical profiles of patients with these genodermatoses from a hospital tunisian study. METHODS: A retrospective study of all cases of ichthyosis referred during a period of 5 years to the department of dermatology of Charles Nicole's hospital of Tunis. RESULTS: Sixty cases of hereditary ichthyosis were seen. The sex-ratio was of 0.5. Parental consanguinity was noted in 36 patients (60%). Seventeen patients (25.7%) had a positive familial history of ichthyosis. The clinical form of ichthyosis was determined in 52 cases. The nonbullous ichthyosiform erythroderma was observed in 25 patients (41.6%). Sixty patients presented an ichthyosis vulgaris (26.6%). The other forms of ichthyosis were rarely observed : 4 cases of X-linked recessive ichthyosis, 2 cases of lamellar ichthyosis and 2 cases of bullous ichthyosiform erythroderma. Two patients were born with collodion-like membranes. Two cases presented a complex syndrome. CONCLUSION: The NBIE, commonly considered as a rare form of ichthyosis, was the most frequently form seen in our study (41.6%), probably because of the high frequency of consanguineous marriages in Tunisia. The IV represents the most frequent form reported in the literature and was observed in 25% of our patients. The classification of some ichthyosis associated with other extracutaneous abnormalities (found in 2 of our patients) remains difficult.
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Authors | Monia Kharfi, Nadia El Fekih, Donia Ammar, Aida Khaled, Bécima Fazaa, Mohamed Ridha Kamoun |
Journal | La Tunisie medicale
(Tunis Med)
Vol. 86
Issue 11
Pg. 983-6
(Nov 2008)
ISSN: 0041-4131 [Print] Tunisia |
Vernacular Title | Ichtyoses herediatires en Tunisie: etude epidemiologique a propos de 60 cas. |
PMID | 19213489
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Age of Onset
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Consanguinity
- Female
- Genes, Recessive
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn
(epidemiology, genetics, pathology)
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Ichthyosis
(epidemiology, genetics, pathology)
- Ichthyosis, Lamellar
(epidemiology, genetics)
- Incidence
- Male
- Pedigree
- Retrospective Studies
- Tunisia
(epidemiology)
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