Dowling-Degos disease: Report of a case with pigmentation localized only in the genital area

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...

Dowling-Degos disease: case report and review of the literature.

Dowling-Degos disease (DDD) is an unusual pigmentary disorder usually caused by mutations in keratin 5. A 44-year-old woman in good general health presented due to the recent appearance of numerous pigmented macules on her axillary and anogenital skin. A biopsy showed lacy, finger-like epidermal extensions into the dermis which were heavily pigmented and associated with tiny cysts or dilated fo...

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...

Localized genital bullous pemphigoid; A case report

Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune bullous disorder with urticarial pruritic papules and plaques and tense bullae in flexural surfaces of body. The localized form of the disease is a rare variant which can be triggered by different stimuli. Hereunder, we report a patient with the local type involving genitalia without any triggering factors.

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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...