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Harlequin ichthyosis (or harlequin fetus)
The pat ient was a female neonate bor n prematurely on 36 weeks of gestation by normal vaginal delivery. During pregnancy, mother had no history of fever, drug use or x-ray exposure. The mother was gravida 2 and had no history of abortion. Her first baby was well. On physical examination, the skin was markedly thickened, hard and hyperkeratotic with deep crevices running transversely and vertic...
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Harlequin fetus is a rare and the most severe form of the congenital ichthyosis with an autosomal recessive inheritance. Incidence of the disease is nearly 1 in 3,00,000 live births. The disease might be lethal at birth and the affected babies are often premature. Harlequin ichthyosis (HI) is marked by severe keratinized and alligator-like horned skin. The present study reports a new case with ...
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Harlequin ichthyosis is a very rare condition that affects the skin of newborns. It is associated with poor barrier function of the skin leading to dehydration and leaves newborns prone to infections. It is due to mutations in adenosine triphosphate binding cassette A12 gene transmitted as an autosomal recessive disorder. The prognosis is very poor in these cases. Here, we report one such rare ...
متن کاملharlequin ichthyosis
it is an autosomal recessive, and occasionally autosomal dominant mutant extremely rare disorder with only 100 reported case in literature. this fatal disorder occur in both sexes and all races. in most circumstances the newborn die soon after birth also it is known as harlequin fetus, alligator baby or keratosis diffusa fatalis. because of its rarity, we report 2 cases of this disorder, here.
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Harlequin ichthyosis is a rare and extremely severe form of congenital ichthyosis. The affected neonates usually do not survive beyond first few days after birth, but several long-term survivals have been noted. The inheritance is thought to be autosomal recessive. It has recently been shown that the vast majority of affected individuals are homozygous for mutations in the ABCA12 gene, which ca...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Dermatology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0003-987X
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.9