The Ichthyosis Encyclopedia: Tests, Causes and Treatments
By JP Smithson
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Ichthyosis is a common term for a family of rare genetic skin illnesses indicated by dry, thickened, scaling or flaking skin. This Encyclopedia contains tests, causes and treatment options for 28 variants of the disease including Harlequin Baby and Ichthyosis Vulgaris.
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The Ichthyosis Encyclopedia - JP Smithson
The Ichthyosis Encycopedia: Tests, Causes, and Treatments
JP Smithson MA,
M Awad MD (Ed.)
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Contents
Introduction
Disorders
Carvajal Syndrome
Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome (neutral lipid storage disease)
Conradi-Hunermann syndrome (X-linked dominant chondrodysplasia punctata)
Darier’s disease
Epidermal nevi (ichthyosis hystrix, linear epidermal nevus)
Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK)
Erythrokeratodermia variabilis (EKV)
Giroux-Barbeau syndrome
Hailey–Hailey disease
Harlequin-type ichthyosis
Ichthyosis acquisita
Ichthyosis hystrix
Ichthyosis hystrix, Curth-Macklin type
Ichthyosis hystrix, Lambert type
Hystrix-like ichthyosis with deafness syndrome
Ichthyosis hystrix, Baefvertstedt type
Ichthyosis vulgaris
IFAP Syndrome
Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans
Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome (KID syndrome (keratitis, ichthyosis, deafness))
Lamellar ichthyosis
Collodion baby
Multiple sulfatase deficiency
Netherton syndrome (ichthyosis linearis circumflexa)
Pachyonychia congenita,
Palmoplantar keratodermas (PPK)
Peeling skin syndrome
Pityriasis rubra pilaris
Refsum disease
Senter syndrome
Sjögren–Larsson syndrome
IBIDS syndrome (Tay syndrome trichothiodystrophy)
X-linked ichthyosis
References
Introduction
Ichthyosis is a common term for a family of rare genetic skin illnesses indicated by dry, thickened, scaling or flaking skin. In some cases, the skin may be cracked, like fish scales.The disease gets its name from the Greek ichthys, meaning fish.
The severity of the disease can vary from the relatively mild symptoms of the very common ichthyosis vulgaris (often mistaken for dry skin) to harlequin type ichthyosis, which is a life-threatening condition. Over 95 percent of ichthyosis cases are ichthyosis vulgaris cases. It is also known as Disorders of Cornification. At least 28 diseases fall under the realm of ichthyosis. They are classified by their appearance and genetic cause.
The disorders differ from one another with the extent of scaling, where the scaling appears on the body and how intense the reddening of the skin is. There may be genetic components to some disorders as well as abnormalities.
Symptoms
Ichthyosis can be identified by scaly and dry skin which often appears over large parts of the body. Nearly all variants of the disorder occur in all population types and don’t discriminate by race or gender.
The skin might also itch (pruritis) and be red ( erythroderma ). Babies born with some types