Sulzberger-Garbe disease was described in 1937. Not more than a hundred of cases of the disease have been reported in the literature. Despite a quite specific picture, there are no features that could undeniably be attributed to this particular disease entity. Discoid exudative and lichenoid lesions are main lesions in this dermatosis. The disease is associated with severe pruritus. The lesions...

IMPORTANCE In 1947, Sulzberger and colleagues published a micrograph of a blocked acrosyringium in a patient with atopic dermatitis (AD), believing that it had a large role in the disease process. Lacking appropriate probes, they could not confirm the finding. OBJECTIVE To confirm the observations by Sulzberger et al on the blockage of sweat ducts in AD in pathologic specimens. DESIGN AND S...

incontinentia pigmenti (ip) is a rare x-linked dominant disorder with skin, eye, central nervous system (cns) and tooth abnormalities. according to the reported cases, it is estimated that there have been nearly 900-1200 affected individuals. in this article, the literature is reviewed and a case of ip with characteristic skin lesions and optic atrophy is presented.

The ocular and systemic changes in incontinentia pigmenti are reviewed here and a case is reported with fundus changes which have not been described previously. Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is characterised by ectodermal defects, with occasional associated mesodermal abnormalities. The typical skin lesions are blue-grey to chocolate-brown arranged along the naevus lines of Blaschko. These occur ...

Incontinentia pigmenti (Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome) is a genetic disease of the skin with generalised ectodermal and mesodermal dysplasia which may often involve the eyes (35% of the patients),' hair, teeth, and central nervous system. Skin lesions are Correspondence to Dr A Spallone. usually present at birth or shortly after in the form of erythematous eruptions with linear vesiculations. The f...