Autosomal dominant ichthyosis

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Classification according to ICD-10
Q80.0 Ichthyosis vulgaris
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

The autosomal dominant ichthyosis (ADI) is the most common form of ichthyosis .

Synonyms are: Ichthyosis vulgaris ; Fish scale disease; autosomal dominant ichthyosis vulgaris (ADI)

distribution

The frequency is given as 1 in 200 to 400 children, inheritance is autosomal dominant .

root cause

The disease are mutations in FLG - gene on chromosome 1 locus q21.3 basis that the protein filaggrin coded.

Mutations in this gene can also be found in atopic eczema .

Such eczema develops in around half of those affected, in around 20% other atopy such as allergic rhinitis and bronchial asthma .

Clinical manifestations

Clinical criteria are:

  • Decreased sweat production
  • Sebostasis
  • Very variable, well-defined, light gray, more rarely brown-black scales, symmetrical with emphasis on extremities
  • Extensor sides of the legs affected, elbows, armpits, groin, hollows of the knees spared
  • Increased hand line drawing "Ichthyose hand"

Differential diagnosis

A distinction must be made between X-linked recessive ichthyosis , acquired forms of ichthyosis and atopic eczema.

history

The oldest description probably comes from the year 1777 by the French doctor Anne Charles Lorry (1726–1783).

Jean-Louis Alibert published a description in 1806, followed by Robert Willan in 1808.

literature

  • W. Küster: Ichthyoses: Suggestions for an improved therapy. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt 2006; Vol. 103, No. 24, A-1684 / B-1437 / C-1389

Individual evidence

  1. Entry on Ichthyosis vulgaris in Flexikon , a Wiki of the DocCheck company
  2. a b c d e Encyclopedia Dermatology
  3. Ichthyosis vulgaris.  In: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man . (English)
  4. ^ AC Lorry: Tractatus de morbis cutaneis. P. Guillelmum Cavelier, Paris, pp. 167-184.
  5. L. Alibert: Descriptions des maladies de la peau, observés a l'hópital Saint-Louis et exposition des meilleurs méthodes suivies pour leur traitement. Paris.
  6. ^ R. Willan: Ichthyosis. In: On cutaneous disease. Barnard, London, 1808, vol. 1, chap. 4th