Poikiloderma
Poikilodermia ( dt. 'Colored skin') is the unspecific collective term for a group of skin diseases .
Poikilodermia are epidermal diffuse atrophies that occur together with enlarged capillaries of the skin ( telangiectasia ) and hyper- or hypopigmentation . The causes, i.e. the underlying diseases, for poikiloderma can be very different. Both hereditary and acquired forms of poikiloderma are known.
Hereditary forms include:
- Poikiloderma type Kindler ( Kindler syndrome )
- Poikilodermia, alopecia, retrognathia, cleft palate ( PARC syndrome )
- Poikiloderma with neutropenia
- congenital poikiloderma ( Rothmund-Thomson syndrome )
- Acrokeratotic congenital poikiloderma, Weary type
- Hereditary sclerosing poikiloderma with tendon and lung involvement
- spastic paraplegia - neuropathy - poikiloderma
Acquired forms of poikiloderma can be caused by inflammatory or autoimmune diseases.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b A. Meves: Dermatology intensive course. Elsevier, Urban & FischerVerlag, 2006, ISBN 3-437-41162-4 , p. 312. Limited preview in Google book search
- ^ P. Altmeyer: Therapielexikon Dermatologie und Allergologie. Verlag Springer, 2005, ISBN 3-540-23781-X limited preview in the Google book search
- ^ Orphanet