Ichthyosis | Ictioses | Disorders of Epidermal differentiation/Cornification

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Definition: monogenic hereditary diseases characterized by accumulation of scales with or without epidermal hyperproliferation or inflammation of the dermis.
 
Epidemiologia
  • Non syndromic ichthyosis is estimated to affect more than 1 million in the US
 
Etymology
  • Greek word ichthys, meaning "fish," due to the fish-like scaling seen in affected individuals
 
Apresentação clínica geral
  • Xerose
  • Descamação
  • Por vezes eritema
 
Classification
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  • Date of onset
    • Birth: congenital ichthyoses
    • First few years of life: icthyosis vulgaris
  • Extent
    • Non-syndromic or isolated are predominantly cutaneous
      • Common Ichthyosis
      • Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis (ARCI)
        • Generalidades - ARCI
          Generalidades - Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis (ARCI)
          • 12 genes associated with ARCI
            • Genes involve: lipid transport, lipid biosynthesis, fatty acid metabolism, role in assembling suprastructure (cornified envelope)
          • ARCI occurs in approximately 1 in 100.000 to 300.000 live births
          • Overlapping clinical features
          • Genotype phenotype correlation
            • Severity of the mutation correlates with severity of disease
          • Treatment
            • Emollients
            • Keratolytics
            • Topical and systemic retinoids
            • Infection control
            • Emerging role of biologic therapy (similar to psoriasiform disorders)
          • Differential diagnosis of Collodion Membrane
            • CIE (now ARCI)
            • L (Lamellar - now ARCI)
            • Ectodermal dysplasia
            • Neutral Lipid Storage
            • Self-healing collodion
            • Idiopathic
            • Gaucher’s (type 2)
            • Harlequin (now ARCI) Hay-Well’s (scalp erosions)
            • Trichothiodystrophy
          Lamellar Ichthyosis
          Congenital Ichthyosiform Erythroderma (CIE) (!)
          Harlequin Ichthyosis
      • Keratinopathic Ichthyosis
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    • Syndromic or complex forms are those which have manifestations outside of the skin
  • Genetic transmission
    • Autosomal dominant
    • Autosomal recessive
    • X-linked dominant
    • X-linked recessive
  • Histological and ultrastructural morphology
 
Tratamento geral
  • Emoliente
  • Queratolítico
    • Ureia é o mais usado
    • Ácido salicílico pode ser usado mas tem o risco de absorção sistémica (barreira defeituosa), levando a toxicidade sistémica por salicilatos
  • +/- retinoide tópico ou oral
  • Controlo da infeção
  • Biológicos semelhantes à psoríase
  • Existe portaria que os medicamentos são gratuitos em farmácia hospitalar
 
 
P.S.
  • Acquired Ichthyosis
    • Paraneoplaastic: Hodgkin, lymphomas, leukemias, lung and breast carcinoma, Kaposi, sarcomas
    • Steatorrhea with vitamin A malabsorption
    • Malnutrition
    • Drug reaction
    • Systemic disease: renal failure, lupus erythematosus, sarcoidosis, leprosy, AIDS, hyperparathyroidism, hypothyroidism