Overlapping syndromes: keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans with overlapping features of ichthyosis follicularis with alopecia and photophobia

Authors

  • Ikramullah Khan
  • Sayed Afaq Ahmed
  • Ambreen Qadeer

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.66344/jpad.17.1.2007.687

Keywords:

Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans, ichthyosis follicularis, alopecia, photophobia.

Abstract

We report a case of a 20-year-old male who presented in our dermatology clinic with congenital alopecia totalis, ectropion, bilateral cataract, follicular prominence, plantar keratoderma, ichthyosis on legs, cheilitis, xerosis and photophobia. He had overlapping features of both keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans and ichthyosis follicularis with alopecia and photophobia. Or was it a different entity altogether? 

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2016-12-28

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Khan I, Ahmed SA, Qadeer A. Overlapping syndromes: keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans with overlapping features of ichthyosis follicularis with alopecia and photophobia. J Pak Assoc Dermatol [Internet]. 2016Dec.28 [cited 2026Apr.19];17(1):62-5. Available from: https://www.jpad.com.pk/index.php/jpad/article/view/687

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Vol. 17 No. 1 (2007): January - March

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Case Reports

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