Article
[Acanthokeratolytic epidermal nevus: acanthokeratolysis is hereditary, not the nevus].
Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete - 1 Mar 1990
Happle R
Abstract excerpt
Epidermal naevus of the acanthokeratolytic (epidermolytic) type is a mosaic birth defect. The underlying mutation may also be present in the gonads and can then be transmitted to the next generation. The affected child, however, will always show a diffuse involvement of the entire body in the form of bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma. In other words, the phenotype can be transmitted, but not the...
Topics
- Epidermolysis Bullosa
- Humans
- Ichthyosis
- Mosaicism
- Mutation
- Nevus, Pigmented
- Phenotype
- Skin Neoplasms