kindler's syndrome is a rare entity of unknown cause characterized by acral blisters early in life followed by progressive diffuse poikiloderma and cutaneous atrophy. the inheritance pattern of this syndrome is not clear. we report four iranian siblings (three boys and one girl) with this syndrome, who were the result of a consanguineous marriage. in addition to the usual manifestations of the ...

BACKGROUND Injections of corticosteroids are commonly used for a variety a dermatologic conditions but may cause local, persistent cutaneous atrophy, with few therapeutic options. OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of bacteriostatic normal saline infiltration on the improvement of corticosteroid-induced cutaneous atrophy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Four patients with corticosteroid-induced...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous amyloidosis has been classified into primary cutaneous amyloidosis (PCA, OMIM #105250), secondary cutaneous amyloidosis and systemic cutaneous amyloidosis. PCA is the deposition of amyloid in previously apparent normal skin without systemic involvement. Amyloidosis cutis dyschromica (ACD) is a rare distinct type of PCA. Here, the unique clinical and histological findings of...

Cutaneous changes after local corticosteroid administration may include dermal atrophy, hyperpigmentation, alopecia, and hypopigmentation. Linear hypopigmentation and atrophy after intralesional injection of triamcinolone acetonide has been reported in the literature as a very rare side effect. A 30-year-old woman visited our dermatology department for a linear hypopigmented patch with atrophy ...

BACKGROUND Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus is a nonscarring, non-atrophy-producing photosensitive cutaneous disorder. Half of the patients have 4 or more of the criteria for classification as systemic lupus erythematosus. In some patients, drugs induce or exacerbate the cutaneous disease. OBSERVATION We describe 5 patients who had either an exacerbation or a new onset of subacute cutan...

PURPOSE To describe the MR findings in eight girls and women with incontinentia pigmenti, from two families. Four had skin lesions and neurologic disease, and four had only skin lesions. METHODS Eight patients had physical examination, family history, electroencephalogram and MR examination of the brain. MR was repeated in the two cases with more severe changes several years after the first s...