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KMID : 0363220090470101199
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Korean Journal of Dermatology
2009 Volume.47 No. 10 p.1199 ~ p.1202
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A Case of Reticulate Pigmented Anomaly of the Flexures (Dowling-Degos Disease)
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Kang Gyo-Shin
Suh Moo-Kyu
Jang Suk-Yong
Ko Woo-Tae
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Abstract
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Reticulate pigmented anomaly of the flexures is a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis, and this is also known as Dowling-Degos disease. The clinical symptoms are characterized by the progressive evolution of small hyperpigmented macules in a reticulate distribution, and this shows a predilection for the flexural regions, including the axillae, antecubital fossae, inframammary regions, neck and groin. The histopathology of reticulate pigmented anomaly of the flexures typically shows filiform epithelial down-growth of the epidermal rete ridges along with basal hyperpigmentation. We report here on a case of reticulate pigmented anomaly of the flexures in a 45-year-old male who showed multiple, asymptomatic, scaly brownish reticulated macules on the flexural areas
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KEYWORD
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Dowling-Degos disease
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