Dowling-Degos Disease Presenting Primarily with Comedones and Atrophic Scarring

Dowling-Degos disease.

Dowling-Degos disease (DDD) is a rare autosomal dominant inherited pigmentary disorder of the flexures with a reticulate aspect and with presence of prominent comedone-like lesions and pitted scars. The diagnosis includes acanthosis nigricans as well as other reticulate pigmentary disorders classified into: dyschromatrosis symmetrica hereditaria (DSH), dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria (DU...

[Dowling-Degos disease].

Generalised Dowling-Degos Disease: A Rare Variant with Hypopigmented Macules

Dowling Degos disease is characterised by hyperpigmented macules arranged in a reticulate pattern in the flexures. The rare hypopigmented variant shows characteristic acanthosis with antler like rete ridges but with pigment only at the tips of the rete ridges. We describe here a rare variant with coexistence of characteristic reticulate hyperpigmentation and hypopigmented macules, which has bee...

Generalized Dowling-Degos Disease: Case Reports

Dowling-Degos disease (DDD) is a rare autosomal dominant trait characterized by numerous, symmetrical, progressive and pigmented macules over the axillae, groins, face, neck, arms and trunk as well as scattered comedo-like lesions (dark dot, follicles) and pitted acneiform scars. Histopathology is diagnostic testing using a distinctive form of acanthosis, characterized by an irregular elongatio...

Dowling-Degos disease associated with hidradenitis suppurativa: a case report.

Dowling-Degos disease (DDD) or reticular pigmented anomaly of the flexures is a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis with variable penetrance. It mainly affects young women and is characterized by acquired reticular hyperpigmentation of the large skin folds. We present a case of DDD associated with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) in a 43-year-old Spanish woman. Physical examination revealed bro...